Chapter 14 - Moral Development Flashcards

- morality run by someone else
- displayed by younger children (5-10 years)
- they listen because someone of authority said it
- believe heavily in social rules being unchanging
- objective responsibility & immanent justice

- young children see things in a way that the more damage you do (no matter what the intentions are) = they should be punished

- that you should be punished for every bad thing you do, even if the parent didn't see

- involves autonomous morality
- rules are now seen as flexible social agreements
- punishment is socially mediated and not inevitable
- rules are good for regulating certian actions

- morality that you can take with you
- ex. playing marbles to win

- Naturalistic Approach
- presenting children with moral dilemmas, where they are presented with a story and asked which of the 2 characters was "naughtier"

- observed children playing common street games
- ex. playing marbles

- child is 2-4 years
- child has no real concept of morality

- child is 5-7 years
- consistency in the idea of following someone else's rules
- actions that cause more damage is more morally wrong
- Moral realism and immanent punishment

- ages 8-11
- child realizes that rules are agreements created by people to help protect one another
- moral relativism: that rules can be altered

- children are capable of developing their own rules when circumstances require it
- begin to extend moral reasoning beyond themselves and to a larger society

- children were given a series of stories where characters have to face moral dilemmas
- that there are 3 levels of moral development, each level has 2 stages
- the goal is to avoid relativism

- preconventional: that individuals must serve their own needs
- conventional: based on the view that a social system is based on laws and regulations
- postconventional: based on the assumption that value, dignity & rights of each individual must be maintained.

Stage 1: punishment and obediece orientation
- moral thinking is based on punishment & children obey adults because adults thell them to obey
Stage 2: Instrumental hedonism orientation
- moral thinking is based on rewards and self-interest

Stage 3: Good-Boy/Good-Girl Orientation
- individual values trust, caring, and loyalty
- ex. making promises because you care about them
- works towards a good reputation
Stage 4: Authority Maintenance
- moral judgements are based on understanding social order, law, justice & duty
- realization that there are some people you interact with that you dont know, so we need rules for that