Psych 2070 Final Exam Questions with Correct
Solutions
1. Six-year-old Lida's offer to share her lunch with a classmate who has forgotten to
bring a lunch is an example of .: prosocial behavior:
situations in which children have received positive reinforcement for acting in a
morally correct way
2. In Kohlbers , moral reasoning follows rigid rules based on
punishment and rewards: preconventional morality
3. Kohlbergs theory has proven problematic in explaining .: girls
moral development
4. According to , moral reasoning needs to be considered in
the context in which judgements are being made at a given time: the social domain
approach
5. Which of the following explains the factor that could explain why children raised in
cultures in which children are taught to cooperate with other family members to do
chores or to help in the upbringing of younger children (such as in Kenya, Mexico, and
the Philippines) show relatively high levels of proso- cial behavior?: childrearing
styles: reflects norms in parents cultural perspectives about the nature of children
and their role of the parents
1
,6. chiao shun: suggests that parents should be strict, firm, and tight in control of
their kids behavior
7. is the sense of attachment to some higher power, such as God,
nature, or a sacred entity: spirituality
8. Borrowing from Piaget's approach to cognitive development, is
the stage in which children are able to think more abstractly, allowing them to
understand the meaning of Bible stories and pictures, and to draw inferences from
them.: formal operational religious thought
9. Which of these is a benefit of religion? a
way to prevent natural disasters insight into
future events
a perspective on one's personal misfortunes
scientific empiricism: a perspective on ones personal misfortunes
10.In fowlers stage of faith development, people in early and
adulthood come to understand that their views are one of many and that multiple
views of God are possible: individuative reflective
11.The relationship between religious meaning and is stronger
for African Americans than Caucasians: life satisfaction
12.Children tend to act less aggressively as they mature and develop
.: emotional self regulation: the ability to adjust emotions to a
desired state and level of intensity
2
, 3
Solutions
1. Six-year-old Lida's offer to share her lunch with a classmate who has forgotten to
bring a lunch is an example of .: prosocial behavior:
situations in which children have received positive reinforcement for acting in a
morally correct way
2. In Kohlbers , moral reasoning follows rigid rules based on
punishment and rewards: preconventional morality
3. Kohlbergs theory has proven problematic in explaining .: girls
moral development
4. According to , moral reasoning needs to be considered in
the context in which judgements are being made at a given time: the social domain
approach
5. Which of the following explains the factor that could explain why children raised in
cultures in which children are taught to cooperate with other family members to do
chores or to help in the upbringing of younger children (such as in Kenya, Mexico, and
the Philippines) show relatively high levels of proso- cial behavior?: childrearing
styles: reflects norms in parents cultural perspectives about the nature of children
and their role of the parents
1
,6. chiao shun: suggests that parents should be strict, firm, and tight in control of
their kids behavior
7. is the sense of attachment to some higher power, such as God,
nature, or a sacred entity: spirituality
8. Borrowing from Piaget's approach to cognitive development, is
the stage in which children are able to think more abstractly, allowing them to
understand the meaning of Bible stories and pictures, and to draw inferences from
them.: formal operational religious thought
9. Which of these is a benefit of religion? a
way to prevent natural disasters insight into
future events
a perspective on one's personal misfortunes
scientific empiricism: a perspective on ones personal misfortunes
10.In fowlers stage of faith development, people in early and
adulthood come to understand that their views are one of many and that multiple
views of God are possible: individuative reflective
11.The relationship between religious meaning and is stronger
for African Americans than Caucasians: life satisfaction
12.Children tend to act less aggressively as they mature and develop
.: emotional self regulation: the ability to adjust emotions to a
desired state and level of intensity
2
, 3
