North Seattle Community College's
PSYCHOLOGY 200 LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Instructor: Nancy Jago Finley, nfinle@sccd.ctc.edu
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN SUGGESTED SEMINAR DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. What kinds of problems that arise in the life of a young adult would benefit most from postformal thinking? Explain.
2. How do you think that the decisions with which adults are faced influence their moral development? Give an example or two. Be specific and use the vocabulary associated with theories of moral development described in the text.
3. Do you agree or disagree with Fowler's theory of faith development?
4. Do you agree with Gilligan's explanation of differences in moral reasoning between men and women? Why or why not? Point to passages from the text to support your ideas.