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| The establishment of more adult-like and less childish close relationships with family with family members and peers |
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| The capacity to make independent decisions and to follow through with them |
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| The establishment of an independent set of values and beliefs |
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| In psychoanalytic theory, the process through which adolescents sever emotional attachments to their parents or other authority figures |
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| The progressive sharpening of an individual's sense of being an autonomous, independent person |
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| Parenting that attempts to control the adolescent's emotions and opinions |
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| Preconventional Moral Reasoning |
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| According to Khlberg, the first level of moral reasoning, which is typical of children and is characterized by reasoning that is based on rewards and punishments associated with different courses of action |
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| Conventional moral reasoning |
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| According to Kohlberg, the second level of moral development, whcih occurs during late childhood and early adolescence and is characterized by reasoning that is based on the rules and conventions of society |
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| Potconventional moral reasoning |
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| In kohlber's theory, the stage of moral development during which society's rules and conventions are seen as relative and subjective rather than as authoritative; also called principled moral reasoning |
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| In Gilligan's theory of moral development, a moral orientation that emphasizes fairness and objectivity |
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| In Gilligan's theory of moral development, a moral orientation that emphasizes responding to others' needs |
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