moral judgement

Question 1

moral judgement

Answer 1

evaluation of actions and characteristics of a person compared to virtues held within culture

Question 2

moral reasoning

Answer 2

conscious mental activity that consists of transforming information reaching a moral judgement

Question 3

moral intuition

Answer 3

autonomic appearance in consciousness of moral judgement, without awareness of steps

Question 4

moral judgements influenced by autonomic or deliberate processes

Answer 4

hulme - judgement should come from feeling and not reason
kant - determined through objective standards of right and wrong

Question 5

what was turiel 1991 study

Answer 5

• presented with social issue
• behaviours that were moral violations = harmful consequence

Question 6

what is the social intuitionist model

Answer 6

moral judgements are made through intuitive processes and rational reasoning came after to justify the initial judgement

Question 7

what evidence is there for the SIM

Answer 7

haidt, koller an dias 1993

N multiple emotionally disturbing scenarios where no physical harm was done

Question 8

another peice of evidence for SIMS

Answer 8

hadit hersh 2001

asked about sexual morality issues

greater emotional reaction = greater perception of moral violation
stronger predictor than harm

Question 9

what is somatic marker hypothesis damasio

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emotional reaction can manifest somatic symptoms influencing decision

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weber 20001

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people relay on moods and momentary flashed to guide judgement

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piece of evidence for somatic markers

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batson 1999

wheatley and haidt 201

Question 12

what did batson study

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two sets of tapes being listened to
threats to freedom or equality
false record of which one was more arousing to them
what topic would they like to hear more about would be one they had greater reaction to

Question 13

what did the wheatley and haidt study do

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hypnotised to be disgusting at certain words

make moral judgement on 6 scenarios

person more likely to condemn story with trigger words in them

Question 14

what is proto-morality

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primates show following prescriptive rules and reinforcement of theses rules - waal

chimpanzee enforce rules without a spoken language

Question 15

what were the 4 underlying models of social cognition

Answer 15

communal sharing,
authority ranking,
quality matching,
market pricing