Imagine this prosocial moral dilemma: “On his way to school, a boy named Freddie
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Question
Imagine this prosocial moral dilemma: “On his way to school, a boy named Freddie sees another boy fall in the mud and start to cry. The boy says he hurt himself and asks Freddie to help him up, but Freddie is worried that if he helps him, he will get himself all muddy. What should Freddie do?” Which response would be categorized into Eisenberg's approval orientation level (Level 3)? A. “Freddie should not help the boy because he will get dirty, and he doesn't want to get dirty.” B. “Freddie should not help because his teacher will think he is bad if he gets to school all dirty.” C. “Freddie should help because he will feel bad if the boy is hurt and he doesn't help him.” D. “Freddie should help because the boy is hurt.”
Explanation / Answer
Answer:
He should look and ask someone else to support him to help the boy because his dress will dirty. If no one is around him then he should definitely help him.
The approval-oriented reasoning is linked with adolescents.
According to this level perception of the child is based on the action to achieve the approval of people around him.
Therefore, response categorize into Heisenberg's approval orientation level (Level 3)
“Freddie should not help because his teacher will think he is bad if he gets to school all dirty.”
Hence,option(B) is correct.