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Piaget's Theory
believed that interactions with peers, more than adult influence, account foradvances in children's moral reasoning.
stage of heteronomous morality
Characteristic of children who have not achieved concrete operation
Younger than 7 years old
Rules and duties to others regarded as unchangeable
Rigid acceptance of authorities' rules
stage of transition
children learn that rules can be constructed by the group and increasingly learn to take one another's perspective, thereby becoming more autonomous in their thinking about moral issues
stage of autonomous morality
-about 11 or 12 years no longer accept blind obedience to authority as basis of moral decisions
-believe punishments should "fit the crime" and punishment delivered by adults not necessarily fair
-understand rules are product of social agreement and can be changed
Kohlberg's theory
presented children with hypotheticalmoral dilemmas such as the Heinz dilemma and then questioning them about the issues involved in their moral judgments
Social domain theory
the theory that the moral domain, the social conventional domain, and the personal domain have distinct rules that vary in how broadly the rules apply and in what happens when they are broken
Moral domain
pertains to issues of right and wrong, fairness, justice, and individual rights
social conventional domain
encompasses customs or regulations intended to secure social coordination and social organization
personal domain
pertains to actions in which individual preferences are the main consideration
development of conscience
internal regulatory mechanism that increases an individual's ability to conform with standards of conduct accepted in their culture
prosocial behavior
voluntary behavior intended to benefit others, such as by helping, sharing with, or comforting others (empathy and sympathy, cooperation)