Author Question: When school lunch is delayed for an hour due to an unexpected power outage in the cafeteria, ... (Read 145 times)

dmcintosh · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

When school lunch is delayed for an hour due to an unexpected power outage in the cafeteria, 14-year-old Henrietta is asked to share her box of home-baked cookies with her classmates. Given what developmental researchers have learned about how distributive justice and children's sense of fairness change with age, we would expect Henrietta to:

a. Share the cookies equally among her classmates
b. Hide about a third of the cookies for herself and hand out the rest
c. Share the cookies equally, but give any extra cookies to classmates whose families don't have much money
d. Refuse to share any of the cookies, arguing that she baked them herself and so has every right to keep them for herself

Question 2

Three of the following statements describe typical behaviors of children who are predisposed to aggressive behavior. Which one is not a typical description?

a. Jordan pushes Lisa because he is sure that Lisa bumped into him on purpose.
b. Bobby bullies some of the smaller boys on the playground because he thinks that being a bully will make him more popular with the cool kids at school.
c. Derek wants to join the soccer game in progress on the playground, so he runs into the middle of the field and trips Nathan so he can get the ball.
d. Carrie throws her pencil at Jack because she thinks he is laughing at her but then immediately realizes her error and apologizes.