Development Part 2 Flashcards
Conventional level
Second level of moral development where moral judgements are based on compliance with the rules and values of society
Stage 3 - good child/gaining approval
Stage 4 - law and order
Preconventional level
Kohlberg’s first level of moral development, in which morality is based on rewards, punishment, and exchange of favours.
Stage 1 - punishment and obedience
Stage 2 - instrumental exchange
Postconventional level
Highest level of moral development in which individuals develop personal standards for right and wrong, and define morality in terms of abstract principles and values that apply to all situations and societies
Stage 5 - social contract
Stage 6 - universal ethics
Justice perspective
Gilligan’s term for moral reasoning based on independence and individual rights (male)
Care perspective
Gilligan’s term for moral reasoning that empathizes interdependence and interpersonal responsibility
Temperament
An individual’s innate behavioural style and characteristic emotion response
Easy children
Happy, relaxed, agreeable
Difficult children
Moody, easily frustrated, tense, and over reactive
Slow to warm up children
Shy and withdrawn, need time to adjust to new experiences or people
Psychosocial stages
Erikson’s theory that individuals pass through 8 developmental stages, each involving a crisis that must be successfully resolved.
First stage
Trust vs. mistrust
Stage 2
Autonomy vs. shame and doubt
Stage 3
Initiative vs. guilt
Stage 4
Industry vs. inferiority
Stage 5
Identity vs. identity confusion
Identity crisis
Adolescents search for self, which requires intense self-reflection and questioning
Stage 6
Intimacy vs. isolation
Stage 7
Generativity vs. stagnation
Stage 8
Ego integrity vs. despair
Resiliancy
The ability to adapt in the face of threats
Activity theory
Successful aging is fostered by a full and active commitment to life
Disengagement theory
Successful aging is characterized by mutual withdrawal between the elderly and society
Socioeconomical selectivity theory
A natural decline in social contact as older adults become more selective with their time
Phases of grief
Numbness, yearning, disorganization/despair, resolution/reorganization