assign to wrongdoing?
(A) The severity of the assigned punishment is deter-
mined by the perceived magnitude of negative
consequences more than by any other factor.
(B) The punishment is to be administered immediately
following the transgression.
(C) The children assign punishment less arbitrarily
than they do when they reach the age of moral
autonomy.
(D) The punishment for acts of unintentional harm is
less severe than it is for acts involving accidental
harm.
(E) The more developmentally immature a child, the
more severe the punishment that the child will
assign.
27.According to the passage, the research of Nesdale and
Rule suggests which of the following about five-year-
old children?
(A) Their reactions to intentional and accidental harm
determine the severity of the punishments they assign.
(B) They, as perpetrators of harmful acts, disregard
the feelings of the children they harm.
(C) They take into account the motivations of actions
when judging the behavior of other children.
(D) They view public duty as a justification for acci-
dental, but not intentional, harm.
(E) They justify any action that protects them from
harm.
28. DEBUT:
(A) collaboration
(B) monologue
(C) farewell performance
(D) repertoire standard
(E) starring role
29. WHER:
(A) disagree
(B) shine
(C) plant
(D) adhere
(E) revive
30. BUCK:
(A) cover over
(B) assent to
(C) brag about
(D) improve
(E) repair
31. MEAN:
(A) trusting
(B) ardent (C) clever
(D) incautious
(E) noble
32. ADJUNCT:
(A) expert appraisal
(B) generous donation
(C) essential element
(D) mild reproof
(E) impartial judgment
33. CANONICAL:
(A) imprecise
(B) ubiquitous
(C) superfluous
(D) nontraditional
(E) divisive
34. TICKLISH:
(A) heavy-handed
(B) significant
(C) tolerant
(D) impartial
(E) imperturbable
35. PREVALENT:
(A) invasive
(B) inconsistent
(C) indistinct
(D) unpalatable
(E) unusual
36. PENURY:
(A) approbation
(B) affluence
(C) objectivity
(D) compensation
(E) grandiosity
37. MINATORY:
(A) convenient
(B) nonthreatening
(C) straightforward
(D) fastidious
(E) rational
38. CALUMNIOUS:
(A) adept
(B) aloof
(C) quaint
(D) decorous
(E) flattering