Monday 17 August 2015

Child Development Practice Set – Piaget Theory of Child Development

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Lewrence Kohlberg  was a physiologist born in U.S.A in 1927. Kohlberg was most famous for his theory of Moral development and believed that development occurs primarily through development of moral judgement in children.

Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development 

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IMPORTANT PAST YEAR QUESTIONS

Q.1  Three levels of moral development, comprising six stages, were proposed by
a Martin Hoffman.
b Lawrence Kohlberg.
c Jean Piaget.
d Sigmund Freud.
Ans b
Q.2 The sense of right and wrong is most highly associated with what?
a. distributive justice
b. empathy
c. shame
d. morality
Ans. d
Q.3 Based on Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Reasoning, which statement is true about moral development and children’s behavior in the classroom?
a. Children show the highest degree of problems in stage 2 because they subscribe to the rationale, “You hit me and I will hit you back.”
b. Children show a high degree of behavior problems in stage 1 because they do no moral thinking.
c. Children show the highest degree of problem behaviors in stage 4 because they feel that rules are unimportant and they can do as they please.
d. No relationship has been found between moral stages and children’s behavior in the classroom because they are independent developmental domains.
Ans. a
Q.4 According to Kohlberg’s theory of moral development, a human being’s moral development is a process of what?
a. gradually internalizing societal values of right and wrong
b. recognizing the things that can benefit other people and what can cause harm to others
c. progressing through a series of standard stages of levels of morality
d. progressing through hierarchical levels in which an individual develops the ability to regulate emotions
Ans. c
Q.5 The belief that students should learn to value such things as democracy and justice as their moral development progresses is called
a. values clarification.
b. character education.
c. cognitive moral education.
d. service learning.
Ans. c
Q.6 The three major aspects of moral development include
a. stimulus, response, and consequences.
b. individual, family, and society.
c.  id, ego, and superego.
d. thoughts, behaviors, and feelings.
Ans d
Q.7 ____________ reasoning focuses on thoughts about social consensus; ____________ reasoning emphasizes ethical issues.
a. Social conventional; moral
b. Moral; social conventional
c. Social cognitive; moral
d. Social conventional; social cognitive
Ans. a
Q.8 According to Kohlberg, a key concept in understanding moral development is ____________, the developmental change from behavior that is externally controlled to behavior that is controlled by internal standards and principles.
a. autonomous morality
b. individualism
c. social contract
d. internalization
Ans. d

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