Lifespan Development Flashcards
Which 2 psychologists have the most frequently cited theories of moral development?
Piaget & Kohlberg
Piaget proposed that ____________ development is necessary for moral development
Cognitive
Piaget proposed that the developmental process of understanding moral standards is similar to the process of understanding _______ rules
Game
Piaget’s 3 Stages of Moral Development are
Premoral Stage
Heteronomous Stage
Autonomous Stage
The following criticisms are attached to which theory:
1. Underestimates the cognitive abilities and moral understanding of young children
2. Erroneously contends that moral development stops in late childhood or early adolescence
Piaget’s Theory of Moral Development
This stage lasts from Birth to age 5 or 6. During this stage children have very limited understanding of rules and moral behavior
Piaget’s Premoral Stage (1st)
This stage begins at about 5 or 6. During this stage children believe rules are made by authorities and cannot be changed. When judging behaviors that have negative consequences, they based their judgments primarily on the consequences of the behavior
Piaget’s Heteronomous Stage (2nd)
During this stage, when judging behaviors that have negative consequences, they based their judgments primarily on the consequences of the behavior
Piaget’s Heteronomous Stage (2nd)
This stage begins when children are about 10 or 11. Children in this stage believe rules are determined by agreement between people and can be changed.
Piaget’s Autonomous Stage (3rd)
During this stage when judging behaviors that have negative consequences, they based their judgments primarily on the actor’s intentions
Piaget’s Autonomous Stage (3rd)
Who studied moral reasoning by presenting subjects with moral dilemmas and asking them to judge each dilemma and explain their reasoning
Kohlberg
__________ is one of the best known dilemma’s which asked subjects to decide if it’s better for a husband to steal a drug to save his wife or obey the law and risk his wife’s life
Heinz Dilemma (Kohlberg)
Who believed that stages of moral reasoning are universal, always occur in the same order and are related to the person’s level of cognitive development and social perspective taking
Kohlberg
Kohlberg proposed that the ability to predict a person’s behavior from their stage of moral development is strongest when?
At higher stages of development
What are the 3 Levels of Kohlberg’s Morality
Level 1: Preconventional Morality
Level 2: Conventional Morality
Level 3: Postconventional Morality
Punishment and Obedience (acceptability of a bx depends on whether or not the bx leads to punishment) and Instrumental Hedonism (the acceptability of a bx depends on whether or not it leads to rewards or satisfies the person’s needs) are the 2 stages of which of Kohlberg’s Levels of Morality
Level 1: Preconventional Morality
Good boy/good girl ( acceptability of a bx depends on whether or not it’s liked by others) and Law and Order orientation (acceptability of a bx depends on whether it violates laws and rules established by legitimate authorities) are the two stages of which of Kohlberg’s Levels of Morality
Level 2: Conventional Morality
The morality of contract, individual rights, and democratically accepted laws (acceptability of bx is whether or not it’s consistent with democratically chosen laws) and The morality of individual principles of conscience (acceptability of bx is whether or not it’s consistent with broad, universally applicable general principles; justice and fairness) are the two stages of which of Kohlberg’s Levels of Morality
Level 3: Postconventional Morality
The following criticisms are attached to what theory:
Underestimates the moral reasoning of young children
Theory is too rigid and linear and doesn’t take into account that children’s moral judgments vary as a result of context and motivation
Only had male subjects in research (androcentric) and culturally biased, more characteristic of Western culture
Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Reasoning
What are the 5 environmental systems in Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Model
- Microsystem
- Mesosystem
3.Exosystem - Macrosystem
- Chronosystem
This is the child’s immediate environment and includes the child’s relationships with parents, siblings, others at home, friends, school, church
Microsystem
Interactions between elements of the child’s microsystem- influences of family relationships on child’s relationships with peers, teachers, and vice versa
Mesosystem
Consists of elements in the environment that affect the child’s immediate environment and include parent’s places of work, extended family, community health services
Exosystem
Comprised of social and cultural environments such as cultural practices, economic conditions, and political ideologies
Macrosystem