Question

Marina reads a story about a father who steals some groceries so that he can feed his hungry children. She is asked what the police should do when they catch the man. Marina says they should allow him to do some work to pay for the groceries, but he shouldn't be punished given the circumstances. Based on this information, how would Piaget categorize Marina's moral reasoning? as heteronomous as autonomous as expiatory as immanent justice

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Question- Marina reads a story about a father who steals some groceries so that he can feed his hungry children. She is asked what the police should do when they catch the man. Marina says they should allow him to do some work to pay for the groceries, but he shouldn't be punished given the circumstances. Based on this information, how would Piaget categorize Marina's moral reasoning?

Answer- as autonomous

Explanation- Marina sympathetic attitude and moral reasoning towards the father who steals groceries in order to feed his hungry children is characterized by Piaget as autonomous morality, as her growth in cognitive development has reduced her ego-centrism and her thought is more engulfed with importance of helping other group, including peer group.

Question- Which of the following best summarizes the research findings regarding the effectiveness of using non-punitive methods to promote behavioural self-control?

Answer-Non-punitive methods are highly effective

Explanation- Non-punitive methods are highly effective in promoting self-control behaviours as it brings self choices for the individuals to either be committed or being a former, thus it increases behaviour and self control as it’s based on their choices, and such behaviour is not followed by punishment and withdrawal.

Question- A girl imagines that an unknown boy shown on TV will feel lonely and sorry because he just lost both parents during a natural disaster. What is the girl experiencing?

Answer- Sympathetic-empathic arousal

Explanation- Sympathetic-empathic arousal, an activation of the sympathetic nervous system, here the girl after seeing the unknown boy on the T.V. who may feel lonely and sorry because he just lost both parents during a natural disaster triggers her fight-or-flight responses of the body, as it may feel danger for the boy who lost his parents’ .

Question- Amanda is 14 years old, and for several years has been a victim of Julie and Julie's friends. Recently in desperation, Amanda turns around and tells Julie what she really thinks of her. Everyone in the hallway hears and becomes interested in the verbal screaming match. As a result, Julie and her friends no longer harass Amanda. In this case, Amanda's aggressive behaviour is likely to increase due to which principle of operant conditioning?

Answer- negative reinforcement

Explanation- Amanda being a victim of Julie and Julie's friends for several years turns out to be certainly aggressive and outburst of her such aggressive behaviour is shown in form of verbal screaming which is an example of negative reinforcement, as being a victim for several years made her anger store and suppressed but when it can’t be tolerated anymore, it results in outburst and thus it’s considered as a negative reinforcement which strengthened her behaviour by stopping, or removing the negative outcome.

Question- Which statement best describes the research conclusions regarding the effectiveness of empathy training to reduce aggressive behaviours?

Answer- Most children exhibit a decline in aggressive behaviours following empathy training

Explanation- it has been seen that children exhibit a decline in aggressive behaviours following empathy training, they tends to listen to others more vigorously, understand them, and communicate with them.