Moral Development

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What is morality?

organised system of values, rules and feelings guiding behaviour

  • focus on process not outcome

  • how systems emerge and mature, not what is correct

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What are the moral codes of each life stage?

Newborn - no moral codes

children - rule bound

adults - motives, rights, obligations

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What is banduras bobo doll experiment?

  • age 3-6 sit in room with adult and bobo

  • agressive, non aggressive, no model

  • aggressive model - 2x physical and verbal abuse

  • combined observed elements into new acts

  • agressor unpunished - key motivator for enactment

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What are the 4 stages of learning behaviour?

  1. attention - notice and focus

  2. retention- behaviour encoded and stored

  3. motor reproduction- physical and cognitive ability

  4. motivation

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What is the difference between Bandura and Piaget’s theories of cognitive development?

Bandura - showed what children copy

Piaget - asked how they think about rules

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What are the two stages that take children from egocentrism to perspective taking? (Piaget)

  • Heteronomous (4-8 years) - moral realism - rules are fixed, handed down by authority- focus on consequences not intent

  • Autonomous (8+ to adult) - moral relativism - rules are social contracts - reciprocity and fairness - intent becomes important

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What are kolberg’s 6 stages of cognitive development?

  1. morality is externally controlled

  2. self interest

  3. interpersonal relationships- approval of others

  4. broader society expectations

  5. social contract- interpreting and changing the law

  6. personal conscience

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What are Baumrind’s four parenting styles?

  1. Authoritative - high control and high warmth

  2. Indulgent - Low control and high warmth

  3. Authoritarian- high control and low warmth

  4. Neglectful - low control and low warmth

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What are the timelines of moral development?

  • early childhood - rules = fixed (heteronomous)

  • middle school - intent matters, peer rule making

  • adolescence- conventional concerns (belonging)

  • emerging adulthood - social contract reasoning