week 3

Question 1

what is social cognitive theory of moral thought and action

Answer 1

›1. People develop moral standards
throughout childhood
› 2. When they violate moral standards they
3. feel bad
›2. People don’t act badly because they
don’t like to experience negative
emotions (e.g., guilt, shame)
Bandura 1991

Question 2

Bandura (1999) What are the key concepts?

Answer 2

1. People do not always act as they
   should
   › 2. They can act badly
   without experiencing negative
   emotion
   ›3. They do so by using social and
   psychological manoeuvres to
   disengage moral self-sanctions
   from bad behaviour.

Question 3

Moral disengagement (MD)

Answer 3

1. A set of mechanisms
   individuals use to justify
   antisocial behaviour
   ›2. Minimises negative
   affect that normally
   results from engaging in
   harmful behaviour

Question 4

what are the four MD sets

Answer 4

1. bad behaviour
2. responsibility
3. detrimental effects
4. victim

Question 5

SET 1

Answer 5

bad behaviour - moral justification, euphemistic labelling and advantageous comparison

Question 6

what is moral justification?

Answer 6

Portraying bad behaviour in the
service of a valued social or moral
purpose

Question 7

what is euphemistic labeling

Answer 7

The selective use of language to cognitively disguise
culpable activities as less harmful

Question 8

what is advantageous comparison

Answer 8

i only take steroids, others smoke cannabis, that is
far worse

Question 9

set 2

Answer 9

removing responsibility - displacement of responsibility and diffusion of responsiblity

Question 10

Displacement and Diffusion of
Responsibility examples

Answer 10

it was a team decision”
“Everyone is doing it. If you don’t do
it, you’re at a disadvantage”

Question 11

set 3

Answer 11

distortion of consequences

Question 12

distortion of consequences

Answer 12

avoiding or minimising the harm caused

Question 13

set 4

Answer 13

acting the victim - attribution of blame and dehumanization

Question 14

what is attribution of blame

Answer 14

When people view
themselves as faultless
victims were driven to
injurious conduct by
forcible provocation