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In what ways might a debating class contribute to students' cognitive, linguistic, social, and moral development?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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How might one interpret Amy's conclusions about eating and going potty from an information-processing perspective of cognitive development?
 
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Answer to Question 1

Possible benefits include the following:
Cognitive Development:
 Frequent encounters with abstract and contrary-to-fact ideas may promote students' transition to formal operational thinking.
 Students with unrealistically idealistic ideas may begin to temper their views to take into account the practical constraints of the real world.
 Students will develop more complete knowledge about a topic as they prepare their arguments. For instance, they will gain a better understanding of cause-effect relationships relative to the topic.
Linguistic Development:
 Students' expressive language skills will improve. For example, to debate effectively, students must present logical and coherent arguments.
Social Development:
 Students will be exposed to a variety of viewpoints, perhaps promoting their ability to look at situations from the perspectives of others.
 Moral Development:
 Debate topics often involve moral dilemmas that, from Kohlberg's perspective, promote moral reasoning.

Answer to Question 2

Amy has insufficient knowledge about death to draw accurate conclusions. She has not yet learned that basic biological functions no longer exist when someone or something dies.



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