In a Study Described in the Textbook,3- to 5-Year-Old Children

question 95

Multiple Choice

In a study described in the textbook,3- to 5-year-old children made moral judgments about the behaviour of a person in which actions,outcomes,and intentions were varied.What did the researchers discover?

• A)the younger children based their acceptability ratings almost entirely on the outcome.
• B)only the 5-year-olds took outcome into account.
• C)younger children did not take intention into account when asked if the person should be punished.
• D)only the older children were able to make judgments regarding moral behaviour.

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Definitions:

Marginal Utility

Marginal utility is the additional satisfaction or benefit gained from consuming one more unit of a good or service, which tends to decrease as more units are consumed.

Individual Demand

This refers to the quantity of a good or service that a single consumer is willing and able to purchase at various prices, holding other factors constant.

Normal Good

A type of good for which demand increases when income increases, and falls when income decreases, but price remains constant.

Inferior Good

A type of good for which demand decreases as the income of individuals or the economy increases, opposite to what is observed with a normal good.