psych 2022 - chapter 13

morality

a set of principles of ideals that help the individual

moral foundation

innate origins of human morality that results from various adaptive challenges in evolutionary history

factors of moral foundation theory

care, fairness, loyalty, authority, purity

care according to the moral foundations theory

cherishing and protecting others

fairness according to the moral foundation theory

rending justice according to shared rules

loyalty according to the moral foundation theory

standing with your group, family, or nation

authority according to the moral foundation theory

submitting to tradition and legitimate authority

sancilty/ purity according to the moral foundation theory

abhorrence (hatred) for disgusting things, foods, and actios

Turiel’s social domain theory

children and adults alike operate on different set of rules, and children and parents do not treat those two types of roles the same way

components of turiel’s social domain theory

moral rules

social-conventional rules

moral rules according to turiels theory

standards of acceptable and unacceptable conduct that focus on the rights and welfare of individuals

social- conventional rules according to turiel’s theory

standards of conduct determined by social consensus that indicate what is appropriate within a particular social context

the anthropologist view

across cultures, humans differ in the definition of the moral domain

empathy

ability to experience the same emotion as other people

sympathy/ compassion

ability to feel sorrow or concern for another

sympathetic distress

feeling of sympathy or compassion that may be elicited when we experience the emotions of a distressed other person

self-oriented distress

feeling of personal discomfort to distress that may be elicited when we experience the emotions of a distressed other, thought to inhibit altruism

social preference for helpfulness

6-12 month old infants harbouring a social presence for helpfulness

prosocial helping

14-18 moth old are being eager to helpr

rule internalization

the process of adopting the attributes or standards of other people, taking these standards as their own

mutually responsive relationship

parent-child relationship characterized by mutual responsiveness to each other’s needs and goals and shared positive affect

committed compliance

compliance based on the child’s eagerness to cooperate with a responsive parent who has been willing to cooperate with the child

situational compliance

compliance based primarily on a parent’s power to control the child’s conduct