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PSYC 140 Module 5 Exam
True or false? Research indicates that girls have more negative
consequences when growing up in a single parent household,
compared to boys.
Answer:
False
By what methods did Lawrence Kohlberg study moral development?
Be specific in your answer.
Answer:
Interviewing Method, Moral Dilemma He used the Intervewing method to
study moral development. He introduced a Moral dilema in the form of a
story and got responses from his subjects focusing more on the 'Why" than
on the moral reasoning based on right or wrong that is if Heinz was right in
stealing the drugs to cure his wife.
Describe the cultural critique of Piaget's theory of cognitive
development. What is the issue? Be specific.
Answer:
, Piaget failed to realize that cultural and educational experiences were
enormous and important when it came to cognitive development. Piaget
thought more as a biologist and proposed that childrens thinking and
thought pattern evolves as they mature in age. He believed that children in
the concrete operational stage should have been able to learn scientifically.
whereas, if children are not taught a certain thing they do not get to develop
that aspect of their thinking. Also, in some cultures children are taught
different things and their cognitive development is geared towards the area
they are taught. Hence its possible that not all children will be able to
operate in same ways as piaget proposed that they develop in their thinking
as they mature.
True or false? In early childhood and the beginning of middle
childhood, boys tend to show more advances in fine motor skills
compared to girls.
Answer:
False
Describe the following two social categories of children: Prosocial
popular children and Antisocial popular children.
Answer:
Prosocial Popular Children: These are childen who are liked by their peers.
They get high positive votes and they have really good social skills. They
are good listeners, get along with their peers and they do not use their
popularitry or social skills towards harm.
Antisocial Popular Children These children on the other hand use ther
social skills and popularity in a harmful way. They could use their popularity
to bully others, including gossiping and bringing down others to get popular.
What can parents do to increase the likelihood that children will cope
optimally with a divorce? Provide two suggestions, based on the
module.