Chap 11 - Moral Dev & Aggression

Question 0

Prosocial behavior

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Helping behavior that benefits others

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Moral development

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The changes in people’s sense of justice & of what is right & wrong, & in their behavior related to moral issues

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Abstract modeling

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The process in which modeling paves the way for the development of more general rules & principles

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Empathy

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The understanding of what another individual feels

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Preconventional morality

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Kohlberg’s first level of moral reasoning in which the concrete interests of the individual are considered in terms of rewards & punishments

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Conventional morality

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Kohlberg’s 2nd level of moral reasoning in which people approach moral problems as members of society

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Postconventional morality

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Kohlberg’s 3rd level of moral reasoning in which people use moral principles that are seen as broader than those of any particular society

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Social domain approach

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The concept that moral reasoning needs to be considered in the context in which judgments are being made at a given time

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Authoritarian parents

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Parents who are controlling, punitive, rigid, & cold, & whose word is law. They value strict, unquestioning obedience from their children & do not tolerate expressions of disagreement

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Permissive parents

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Parents who provide lax & inconsistent feedback & require little of their children

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Authoritative parents

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Parents who are firm, setting clear & consistent limits, but who try to reason w/their children, giving explanations for why they should behave in a particular way

Question 11

Uninvolved parents

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Parents who show almost no interest in their children & indifferent, rejecting behavior

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Neglect

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A form of child abuse

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Values

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The qualities people see as most desirable & important, affecting people’s thinking & behavior

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Aggression

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Intentional injury or harm to another person

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Emotional self-regulation

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The capability to adjust emotions to a desired state & level of intensity

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Instrumental aggression

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Aggression motivated by the desire to obtain a concrete goal, such as playing with a desirable toy that another child is playing with

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Relational aggression

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Nonphysical aggression that is intended to hurt another person’s feelings

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Tension building

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The 1st stage of marital aggression in which a batterer becomes upset & shows dissatisfaction initially thru verbal abuse

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Acute battering incident

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The 2nd stage of marital aggression in which physical abuse actually occurs

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Loving contrition stage

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The 3rd stage of marital aggression, which occurs in some but not all cases, in which the batterer feels remorse & apologizes for his actions

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Cycle of violence hypothesis

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The theory that the abuse & neglect that children suffer predispose them as adults to abuse & neglect their own children

Question 22

Elder abuse

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The physical or psychological mistreatment or neglect of elderly individuals