Lesson 7 - Moral Development Flashcards
What is moral development?
Moral development involves changes in thoughts, feelings, and behvaiours regarding standards of right and wrong.
What is Piaget’s theory of Moral Thought?
Stages of Moral Development (3)
How do children think about morality.
What are the stages of Piaget’s theory of moral development?
Heteronomous Morality (4-7)
Incipient Cooperation Stage (7-10)
Antonomous Morality (10+)
Describe the stage of Piaget’s theory of moral development. Heteronomous Morality
Rules are unchangeable and invariant.
Immanent justice (immanent punishment)
Consequences rather than intentions.
Describe the stage of Piaget’s theory of moral development. Incipient Cooperation Stage
Children begin to learn new rules for social games, but they stay realtively unchangeable.
Describe the stage of Piaget’s theory of moral development. Autonomous Morality
Rules are changeable.
Actor’s intentions are important as well as consequences
Punishment is not inevitable
What are the critics to Piaget’s theory of morality?
Children start to show awareness of others’ goals, feelings, and desires earlier than Piaget suggested.
What is Kohlberg’s theory of moral development?
Stages of moral development. (3)
What are the stages of Kohlberg’s theory of moral development?
Preconventional morality
COnventional Morality
Postconventional Morality
Describe the stage of Kohlberg’s theory of moral development. Preconventional Morality
Punishment and Obedience Orientation
Individualism, instrumental purpose and exchange.
Starts with external motivation (punishment and then they get the perception of others and it turns into internal motivation)
Describe the stage of Kohlberg’s theory of moral development. Conventioanl Morality
Mutual interpersonal expectations, relationships, and interpersonal conformity
Social systems morality
Describe the stage of Kohlberg’s theory of moral development. Postconventional morality
Social contract or utility and individual rights.
Universal ethical principle
What are the critics of Kohlberg’s theory of moral development?
Gap between moral thought and moral action: Too much emphasis on moral thought, and we know that moral thought does not reflect moral actions.
Culture: Doesn’t take into account culture. (different behaviors)
Explicit vs Implicit reasoning: Assumes that moral reasoning is conscious, but not always.
Emotions: Not emphasised, but emotions predict our moral behavior (guilt)
Gender bias: Talks a lot about justice, but justice is a masculine traits traditionnaly, so no data on women.
What is the behaviourist theory?
Reinforcement, punishment, imitation.
Reinforcing moral behaviour, children are more likely to repeat them.
Giving models who act morally, and children are likely to adopt the same actions.
But the effectiveness depends on timing and consistency of rewards. And depends on the situation, people don’t act the same in all sitatuations
Social Cognitive Theory for moral behavior?
Bandura
People do things that will provide them with satisfaction and a sense of self worth.
Self-sanctions keep conduct in line with internal standards.
What is moral identity?
Individuals have a moral identity when moral notions and commitments are central to their life.
Having a strong moral identity predicts behaving in moral ways in many situations
Moral Self-monitoring
Moral Self-reflection
What is the Social Cognitive Domain Theory?
Children’s reasoning emerge from trying to understand the different forms of social experience.
What are the 3 aspects of the social cognitive domain theory?
Social Conventional Reasoning
Moral Reasoning
Personal Domain
Describe the aspect of the social cognitive domain theory. Social Conventional Reasoning
- Social Consensus
- Arbitrary rules
- Subject to change
- Not cutting the line
Describe the aspect of the social cognitive domain theory. Moral Reasoning
- Ethical Issues
- Not arbitrary
- Obligatory
- Cheating, lying
Describe the aspect of the social cognitive domain theory. Personal Domain
- Not governed by social consensus or moral standards
- Choice of friends
Who came up with the social cognitive domain theory?
Smetana
