Moral Development Flashcards
1
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Bandura
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- suggested modelling is the basis of development of a wide variety of behaviours
- children do not imitate everyone
- role models are likely to be imitated if they are respected, have status, posses desirable objects and characteristics and if they are similar to the children
2
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Bandura 1973
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- bobo doll study
- child was influenced by reinforcement of the role model; if they were punished child did not copy behaviour, if they were rewarded they did copy behaviour
3
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Piaget
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- general stages of cognitive development
- pre-operational stage; child follows no rules and has very egocentric thinking
- concrete operation stage; child has a good understanding of rules, does not understand that rules can be negotiated
- formal operational stage; child realises rules are social conventions governed by mutual consent
4
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Kohlberg
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- seven stages of moral development
- cognitive basis of morality
- accounts for developments beyond childhood and is a more systematic approach
- age related stages which occur in a sequence
- cultural bias - research suggests only urban countries can reach higher stage of reasoning
- unrepresentative sample - only white, middle class males used
5
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Gilligan 1982, 92, 96
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- critics Kohlberg’s theory
- argues that it does not adequately reflect relationships and concern for others
- measures for testing the theory are biased against females
6
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Turiel 2002
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- domain approach to moral development
- considers diversity of values within cultures
- moral concepts are universal but social conventions differ
- children’s moral knowledge is influenced by their social environment and important people in their lives
- children’s thinking is organised into two domains:
1. moral - consider fairness, harm and rights
2. social - their behaviour coordinates with social interactions
