When asked why he shouldn't steal a piece of gum from a convenience store, Simon, an eight-year-old child answers, "Because I might get taken to jail." This child is reasoning at Kohlberg's __________
a) preconventional level of moral reasoning.
b) conventional level of moral reasoning.
c) unconventional level of moral reasoning.
d) postconventional level of moral reasoning.
a
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What did research by Gorchaff, John, and Helson reveal about the relationship between having children and marital satisfaction?
a. Marital satisfaction increases with each additional child born. b. Marital satisfaction increases with the birth of children and decreases when the children leave home. c. Marital satisfaction declines with the birth of children and rises when the children leave home. d. The joy of having children overrides any affect on marital satisfaction.
Who in the ancient world asserted that people do not become angry, sad, or anxious because of actual events but because of their explanations of those events?
a. Hippocrates b. The Stoics c. Socrates d. The Pythagoreans