Doping and Morality Flashcards
What are the components of morality in sport?
- Fair play
- Character
- Good Sporting Behaviour
What is Fair Play, according to Shields and Bredemeier 1995?
Fair play requires that all participants understand and adhere not only to the formal rules of the game but also to the spirit of cooperation and unwritten rules of play
What are the components of Character according to Shields and Bredemeier 1995?
- Compassion
- Fairness
- Good Sporting Behaviour
- Integrity
What is good sporting behaviour according to Shields and Bredemeier 1995?
-Concern and respect for the rules and officials, social conventions and the opponent, as well as one’s full commitment to one’s sport and the absence of a negative approach towards participation
What is the social learning approach by Bandua, 1977?
Good sporting behaviour and attitudes are learned through models, reinforcement and social comparison
What are the components of social learning?
- Modelling or observational learning
- Reinforcement
- Social Comparison
What is Modelling or Observational Learning?
Learning by watching what others do or don’t do
What is Reinforcement, as a component of social learning?
Being reinforced or penalised for one’s actions
What is Social comparison?
Exhibiting behaviours in an effort to fit in with one’s peer group
What is the structural-developmental approach to morality?
-Moral reasoning and behaviour depend on how psychological growth and development change in a child and interact with the environment
What is Moral Development?
The process of experience and growth through which a person develops the capacity to morally reason
What are the stages between moral reasoning and moral behaviour?
- Interpreting the situation
- Deciding on the best action
- Making the choice to act morally
- Implementing a moral action
What is an important thing to bear in mind with reference to the link between moral reasoning and behaviour?
Having moral reasoning ability does not necessitate always making the right choice.
What is the social-psychological approach to morality?
-One must consider the psychological elements in the structural-developmental approach plus social factors that go beyond the reinforcement, modeling and social comparison elements of the social learning approach
How does morality link into achievement goal theory?
Ego goals link to lower moral behaviour. Task goals link to higher moral behaviour
How does morality link to self-determination theory?
-More intrinsically motivated individualsl linked to higher morality. More extrinsically; lower morality.
Define moral disengagement according to Boardley and Kavessanu 2007
Cognitive methds that absolve accountability for immoral acts
What are the different kinds of cognitive methods that lead to moral disengagement?
- Euphemistic Labelling
- Moral Justification
- Advantageous Comparison
- Diffusion of responsibility
- Displacement of responsibility
- Distortion of consequences
- Dehumanisation
- Attribution of blame
Give an example of euphemistic labelling in the context of moral disengagement
e.g. Not ‘cheating’, but ‘bending the rules’
Give an example of moral justification in the context of moral disengagement
e.g. the ends justify the means if we win so it’s ok to cheat
Give an example of ‘advantageous comparison’ in the context of moral disengagement
e.g. I cheated but its not like I attacked anyone!
Give an example of diffusion of responsibility in the context of moral disengagement
e.g. it’s not my fault, cheating is part of the culture of my club
Give an example of displacement of responsibility in the context of moral disengagement
e.g. coach told me to cheat so it’s not my fault
Give an example of distortion of consequences in the context of moral disengagement
e.g. he’s not even that hurt it’s just a scratch
