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" " " " " " " " " " " " Worksheet B
" " " " " " " " " " " " Lesson 1b
A Child's Mind: How Kids Learn Right & Wrong! ! ! ! ! Unit Pre-test
! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Name _________________________________
Directions: Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the Word Bank at the bottom of the page.
Moral development is the process through which individuals develop ____________________________ and behaviors
toward others. It is based on social and ____________________________, rules and ____________________________.
The lack of moral development can lead to a variety of negative consequences - including socially unacceptable behavior,
academic issues, inability to make friends, alcohol and drug problems, and ____________________________.
Jean Piagetʼs theory of moral development is characterized by a transition from ____________________________ to
____________________________ moral thinking. Lawrence Kohlberg was an American developmental theorist who
expanded on Piagetʼs work but felt that the process was more gradual and had more transitions that went from
____________________________ controlled behavior to ____________________________ controlled behavior.
Carol Gilligan created a theory similar to Kohlberg, but instead of focusing on the growth of cognitive abilities as the
primary driver of moral development, she saw the growth of a ____________________________ as the key to greater
moral awareness. Elliot Turiel is and American theorist who believes that a ____________________________, a
____________________________, and a ____________________________ evolve in a parallel way - all occurring at
once. Albert Bandura is a Canadian psychologist who examined moral development through
____________________________ which asserts that most human behavior is learned through
____________________________. Theory of mind is a philosophical belief that moral development is affected by the
ability to see the world from another personʼs ____________________________.
modeling
criminality
internally
domain
perspective
heteronomous
moral domain
attitudes
Word Bank
social learning theory
externally
social domain
sense of self
cultural norms
autonomous
psychological domain
laws
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