Seven-Year-Old Marvin and His Four-Year-Old Brother Are Sitting at the Table

question 11

Multiple Choice

Seven-year-old Marvin and his four-year-old brother are sitting at the table as their mother pours milk into their glasses.Both glasses are the same size and shape.However,Marvin's mother notices a scratch/nick on the lip of his glass,and decides that it is safer if she pours that milk into another glass for Marvin so he doesn't cut his lip.The new glass is shorter and much wider,and when she pours the milk into the new glass Marvin's younger brother laughs and says that now he has more milk than Marvin.However,Marvin is not upset because he knows that he still got the same amount of milk.Marvin is exhibiting

• A)concrete operations.
• B)decentering.
• C)the preoperational stage.
• D)the abstract operational stage.

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Definitions:

Moral Action

An act undertaken based on one’s understanding of right and wrong, intending to achieve a morally good outcome.

Respect

A feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements.

Kantian

Relating to the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, emphasizing duty and moral universality.

Central Question

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