What are the characteristics of moral development in adolescence?
What will be an ideal response?
The highest level of moral reasoning in Kohlberg's theory is postconventional morality. At this level, moral reasoning is based upon one's own moral standards. Postconventional morality contains two stages: stage 5 (which has a contractual and legalistic orientation), and stage 6 (which relies on universal ethical principles). Research indicates that among 7- to 10-year-olds, stage 5 and 6 are virtually absent. However, by age 16, stage 5 reasoning is shown by about 20 percent of adolescents and stage 6 reasoning is shown by approximately 5 percent of adolescents.
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People with antisocial personality disorder do not respond physiologically in the same manner that other people do. For example, when compared to control participants, they
A) have no parasympathetic activation. B) are hyper-responsive to loud sounds and bright lights. C) show abnormalities in right-hemisphere activation. D) are slow to have an autonomic response to disturbing pictures.
Warren is a 16-year-old male who recently started to give away important possessions, stopped eating, and demonstrated general depression by being lethargic and uncommunicative. Warren may be demonstrating a warning sign of
a) an eating disorder. b) mental illness. c) suicide. d) a brain lesion.