Moral development

Question 1

Piaget

Answer 1

Moral dillemas. Telling story, asking who is naughtier

Question 2

Three stages

Answer 2

Premoral; Young children have no clear sense (preoperational)

Heteronomous moralilty (Rules set by authority figures are sacred (concrete)

Autonomous moraility (Rules and agreements can be discussed (formal operational)

Question 3

Stage 1 (preconventional)

Answer 3

Avoiding punishment. Rules are obayed. Fear of getting punished. Same as heteronomous

Question 4

Stage 2 (preconventional)

Answer 4

Instrumental orientation : rules are obeyed for personal gain. Aware that there are two sides to every argument

Question 5

Stage 3 (Conventional)

Answer 5

Good boy bood girl. Rules obeyed for approval. Interpersonal normative normality

Question 6

Stage 4 (conventional)

Answer 6

Maintenance of social order. Rules are obeyed to maintain social order. Social system morality. Law and order

Question 7

Stage 5 (postconventional)

Answer 7

Morality of contract and individual rights. Rules are obeyed when they are impartial. Ethical pinciples

Question 8

Stage 6 (postconventional)

Answer 8

Morality of conscience. individual establishes own rules in accordance with own ethical principles.

Question 9

Criticism

Answer 9

Both underestimated the children’s reasoning

Judgement is not the same as the action

Not universal (cultural differences)