According to Cognitive Moral Development Theory, Individuals Move to a Higher

question 33

Multiple Choice

According to cognitive moral development theory, individuals move to a higher reasoning stage:

• A) Every time they encounter a more difficult ethical dilemma.
• B) When there is a contradiction between his or her current moral reasoning stage and the next higher one.
• C) As they grow older.
• D) None of the above. An individual's level of moral reasoning does not change after he or she becomes an adult.

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Definitions:

Material

Substances or objects that are used to make things, or the content and information provided or studied in academic and practical contexts.

Retention Interval

The period of time between the acquisition of information and when that information is retrieved from memory.

Interference

Occurs when one wave overlaps another, causing a modification in the overall amplitude of the wave, or in cognitive psychology, the impairment of memory performance.

Decay

The gradual reduction in the strength or quantity of something, used metaphorically for the fading of memories over time.