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Altruism
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An unselfish interest in helping another person.
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Piaget's Two Stages of Moral Development
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1.) Heteronomous Morality
2.) Autonomous Moratlity |
Heteronomous Morality (Piaget)
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The first stage of moral development occurring from 4-7 years of age.
Justice and rules are conceived of as unchangeable properties of the
world, removed from the control of people.
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Autonomous Morality
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The second stage of moral development, displayed by children 10 and up.
The child becomes aware that rules and laws are created by people and
that, in judging an action, one should consider the actor's intentions
as well as the consequences.
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Care Perspective
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The moral perspective of Carol Gilligan; views people in terms of their
connectedness with others and emphasizes interpersonal communication,
relationships with others, and concern for others.
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Character Education
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A direct moral education approach that involves teaching students a
basic "moral literacy" to prevent them from engaging in immoral
behavior or doing harm to themselves or others.
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Cognitive Moral Education
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Education based on the belief that students should learn to value
things like democracy and justice as their moral reasoning develops;
Kohlhberg's theory has been the basis for many of the cognitive moral
education approaches.
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Conduct Disorder
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Age-inappropriate actions and attitudes that violate family
expectations, society's norms, and the personal or property rights of
others.
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Conventional Reasoning
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(Kohlberg) At this level, individuals abide by certain standards, but
they are the standards of others such as parents or the laws of society.
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Empathy
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Reacting to another's feelings with an emotional response that is similar to the other's feelings.
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Heteronomous Morality
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(Kohlberg) Moral thinking is tied to punishment.
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Hidden Curriculum
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The pervasive moral atmosphere that characterizes schools.
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Immanent Justice
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Piaget's concept that if a rule is broken, punishment will be meted out immediately.
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Individualism, Instrumental Purpose, Exchange
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(Kohlberg) Individuals pursue their own interests but also let others do the same.
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Induction
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A discipline technique in which a parent uses reasoning and explains the consequences for others of the child's actions.
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