Lee (background theory)

Question 1

What is morality?

Answer 1

principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong and good and bad

Question 2

What is moral development?

Answer 2

the gradual formation of an individuals concepts of right and wrong

Question 3

What is communism?

Answer 3

a theory of social organisation in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives based on their abilities and needs

Question 4

What is individualism?

Answer 4

a social theory favouring freedom of action for individuals over collective or state control

Question 5

What is self-effacement?

Answer 5

the placing or keeping of oneself in an inconspicuous role or position due to modesty or shyness

Question 6

What is self-aggrandisement?

Answer 6

the action or process of promoting oneself as being powerful or important

Question 7

What is prosocial behaviour?

Answer 7

voluntary behaviour intended to benefit another

Question 8

What is antisocial behaviour?

Answer 8

behaviour by a person causing (or likely to cause) harassment, alarm, or distress to persons not of the same household

Question 9

What does children’s moral judgement on lying rely on?

Answer 9

the extent to which a verbal statement differs from factuality and whether or not the lie is punished

Question 10

What does Piaget suggest about children and lying?

Answer 10

that children only being to use the protagonist’s intention as the key factor for moral judgment at age 11

Question 11

What does Sweetser suggest about children and lying?

Answer 11

that the concept of lying is a socio-cultural construct - lying is greatly influenced by the cultural norms and moral values of society

Question 12

What core study is background for Lee?

Answer 12

Kohlberg