MORAL DEVELOPMENT

Question 1

3 THEORIES ON DEVELOPMENT OF MORAL VALUES AND BEHAVIOUR:

Answer 1

1. Sociobiological perspective (Innate basis)
2. Psychoanalytic perspective (Freud)
3. Social learning perspective (Bandura)

Question 2

PIAGETS THEORY OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT: WHAT IS THE HETERONOMOUS MORALITY STAGE:

Answer 2

5 - 10 yrs, rules passed down from moral of constraint. they can’t be changed and have to be followed or else there is consequences.

Question 3

PIAGET THEORY OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT: WHAT IS THE AUTONOMOUS STAGE:

Answer 3

10 + years. morality of cooperation, understanding rules from communication and cooperation with each other..

Question 4

PIAGET BELIEVES MORAL DEVELOPMENT IS DRIVEN BY:

Answer 4

cognitive changes from peer interaction, A DECLINE IN EGOCENTRISM.

Question 5

Piaget looked at intention vs outcomes, judgements about moral dilemmas. (unknown glass smash or smashing glass u knew was there)
What are the difficulties in this?

Answer 5

1. Understanding children intentions? Can we really know what a child thinks about the situation.
2. Lack of clarity about what exactly is developing.
3. Underestimating certain abilities in young children

Question 6

WHAT IS THE MAIN IDEA OF KOHLBERGS THEORY OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT?

Answer 6

Need to reason hypothetical dilemmas.

Question 7

WHAT ARE THE 6 DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES IN THE 3 LEVELS

Answer 7

1. Pre-conventional: Punishment and Instrumental
2. Conventional: Good boy good girl and Social Order
3. Post Conventional: Social Contract and Ethical Principle.

Question 8

IS THERE GENDER BIAS IS MORAL DEVELOPMENT?

Answer 8

There is a failure to see different reality of women lives. It is believed that there is only one single mode of social experience and interpretation.

Question 9

MILLER AND BERSOFF 1992 - IS MORALITY DIFFERENT IN CULTURES?

Answer 9

American and Indians. Asked if ben should steal the train ticket (Interpersonal) or not take the ticket (Justice).
Indians chose interpersonal 84%, American chose it 39%

Question 10

DOMAINS OF SOCIAL JUDGEMENT

Answer 10

MORAL: violations of others rights, leading to damaging others
or
Social-Conventional: violations of social Norms, leading to disrupted social order and attention

Question 11

ROLE OF FAMILY EXPERIENCE: DUNN 1998

Answer 11

interpersonal relationships, sibling conflict, parents responses, socialisation plays into moral reasoning.

Question 12

PRESCHOOL EXPERIENCE: SIEGAL 1985

Answer 12

pre school provides a more sophisticated understanding between moral and social conventional.

Question 13

SOCIAL RESPONSES:

Answer 13

moral violations require reparation to the victim such as apologising.
Social conventional require restoration of social order

Question 14

BANERJEE 2010

Answer 14

Children can identify situations that are self-directed of violating the rights of others.

Question 15

BANERJEE 2010 AFTE RULE VIOLATION

Answer 15

Minority recognised motive to apologise

at age 4-9 self conscious emotions are common after social conventional violation