Exam 15: Making Ethical Judgments and Decisions

What aspect of judgment making is in question when two adults on the playground disagree about whether or not children should be allowed to climb back up the slide after coming down.

What aspect of judgment making is Ms. Myers thinking about when she considers whether or not blocks must be put away in the correct baskets?

The best indicator of people's values is what they say their values are.

Name the six criteria one must consider in determining whether a child's behavior is extreme.

The majority of adults who abuse children are suffering from severe psychological disorders.

Name two pitfalls associated with making day-to-day judgments.

In what percentage of child sexual abuse cases does the child know the offender?

When young people who are shy or so standoffish that they literally have no friends, it can be said that they are enmeshed in extreme behavior.

Differentiate between child abuse and neglect by defining each.

A compulsion or obsession is considered extreme behavior only if it begins to interfere with a person's functioning or is one from which he/she derives no pleasure or social benefit.

When making a judgment, alternative strategies that give priority to children's needs over adult needs take precedence over all other considerations.

Identify 10 possible effects of child abuse on its victims.

When must suspected child abuse be reported?

More than 70 percent of all substantiated cases of child abuse occur in formal group settings.

A myth about sexual abuse is that the offender is usually a member of the child's own household.

Which of the following are the most frequently reported sources of children's extreme behavior?

Physical abuse is sometimes accidental injury because it results from non-intentional behavior on the part of a family member, guardian, or caregiver.

The intensity of a behavior refers to how much of the child's life the behavior affects.

An adult who overhears a group of seven-year-olds talking about who they don't want to be friends with has an obligation to suggest that they reconsider whether this is an ethical way to behave.

The role of the helping professional is to change children's values to match her own so that the children may experience less conflict in the setting.