Essay Questions


1		How might the development of autonomy differ for urban adolescents versus rural adolescents?



2		Imagine you are a counselor working with a teenager who is talking about running away from home. Apply the material you have learned about autonomy to speculate on this teenager's functioning and family.



3		You are a parent of a 14-year-old who is home alone after school each day for a couple of hours. What difficulties might arise for this youngster in regard to autonomous functioning? What precautions will you take as a parent to ensure his/her safety?



4		Using Kohlberg's approach to moral reasoning and the Heinz dilemma in your text, devise positive (yes) and negative (no) responses to the Heinz dilemma that would be categorical as preconventional, conventional, and postconventional reasoning.



5		Why can't social scientists state conclusively that certain parenting practices foster the development of autonomy? (What kind of research would social scientists need to do to establish a causal link between parenting and psychosocial development? Why don't we do it?)

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