Chapter 12 - Moral Development

Question 1

What are the 3 components in moral development?

Answer 1

1. Affective (emotional) component
2. Cognitive component
3. Behavioral component

Question 2

morality

Answer 2

a system of conduct based on moral principles, what is considered right/just, prescriptive are values and principles, proscriptive morals prohibit actions

Question 3

morality development theory

Answer 3

how we go from an amoral baby to a moral adult

Question 4

immorality

Answer 4

acting against the morals of society

Question 5

nonmoral

Answer 5

an action/judgment that has no morality attached to it

Question 6

amoral

Answer 6

someone in different to moral codes or who lacks moral sensitivity, ex. infants, psychopaths

Question 7

Piaget’s Theory of Moral Development

Answer 7

-3 stages:
1. Premoral (5 and under), egocentrism; prevents him from putting self and others place
2. Realism (approx. 5-10 yrs), follow rules, no understanding of why morals and needed
3. Autonomous Morality (age 10 on), heteronomous morality; absolute obedience to rules &
authority, autonomous morality; respect as co-operative agreement
-see this development as innate, invariant, hierarchical, culturally universal

Question 8

Marcia’s Theory of Moral Development and Identity Statuses

Answer 8

• moral/identity development are caused/attributed to upbringing, the amount of struggle faced in life
• care= nonviolent, justice= equality, maturity is a convergence/understanding of the importance of both concepts
• 4 Identity Statuses:
  
  1. Identity achievement; high commitment, high exploration, has finished exploring their world commitment is based upon this
  2. Foreclosure; high commitment, low exploration
  3. Identity diffusion; low commitment, low exploration
  4. Moratorium, low commitment, high exploration

Question 9

Kolhberg’s Theory of Moral Development

Answer 9

• modified Piaget’s theory, looks to philosophy, focused on Justice and equality
• qualitative status
• rather than what we do, the reason behind what we do shows our morals
• an advanced cognitive structure/thinking allows higher levels of quality
• 6 stages, 3 levels