Consider This Prosocial Moral Dilemma: "On His Way to School

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Essay

Consider this prosocial moral dilemma: "On his way to school, a boy named Freddie sees another boy fall in the mud and start to cry. The boy says he hurt himself and asks Freddie to help him up, but Freddie is worried that if he helps him, he will get himself all muddy. What should Freddie do?" Describe how a child in each of the levels of Eisenberg's theory of prosocial behaviour would respond: hedonistic/self-focused orientation (Level 1), needs-based orientation (Level 2), approval and/or stereotyped orientation (Level 3), self-reflective empathetic orientation (Level 4a), and strongly internalized stage (Level 5). Be sure to describe the reasoning characteristic of each of Eisenberg's five levels.

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