Educational Psychology
Chapter 6 Review Lecture Notes
1.When we see signs that a child feels ashamed or guilty about something that he or she has
done, we can reasonably conclude that the child: - **Has developed a sense of right and
wrong
2.Three of the following are accurate statements about the shortcomings of Kohlberg's
theory of moral reasoning. Which one is inaccurate? - **Children often show
conventional thinking for several years and then revert to preconventional thinking when
they reach adolescence.
3.Three of the following prosocial behaviors are typical for the age group. Which one is not
typical? - **Four-year-old Molly donates her favorite teddy bear to a toy collection for
earthquake victims in Asia.
4.Three of the following statements are accurate about children's and/or adolescents' moral
behavior. Which statement is not accurate? - **Children become less generous with age,
apparently because they gain greater appreciation for the value of money.
5.When school lunch is delayed for an hour due to an unexpected power outage in the
cafeteria, 14-year-old Henrietta is asked to share her box of home-baked cookies with her
classmates. Given what developmental researchers have learned about how distributive
justice and children's sense of fairness change with age, we would expect Henrietta to: -
**Share the cookies equally, but give any extra cookies to classmates whose families
don't have much money
6.Which one of the following behaviors is a kindergartner most likely to say is (morally)
"bad" or "wrong"? - **Pushing someone off the top of a slide
7.Which one of the following forms of aggression are you most apt to see in girls'
behavior? - **Spreading a malicious rumor
8.Which one of the following is most typical of the moral development of high school
students? - **Empathy for the victims of a widespread famine or epidemic
9.Which one of the following statements is most accurate regarding the origins of prosocial
and aggressive behavior? - **Prosocial and aggressive behaviors are influenced by both
genetic heritage and environmental influences.