Kristin Believes That a Person Should Always Tell the Truth

question 49

Multiple Choice

Kristin believes that a person should always tell the truth because that is what a good girl or boy does.She seeks to please others.This type of moral reasoning is characteristic of Kohlberg's level of _____.

• A)instrumental purpose and exchange
• B)morality of conventional role conformity
• C)morality of universal ethical principles
• D)autonomous moral principles

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Definitions:

Excitatory Generalization Gradient

The tendency for the conditioned response to be elicited by stimuli that are similar to the conditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after being repeatedly paired with an unconditioned stimulus, begins to elicit a conditioned response on its own.

Conditioned Response

The learned reaction to a previously neutral stimulus that becomes conditioned through association with an unconditioned stimulus.

Stimulus Generalization

The tendency for a learned response to stimuli that are similar to the original conditioned stimulus to evoke the same response, without having been explicitly taught.