Moral Development Terms from Chapter 13 Child Development Flashcards

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Altruism
An unselfish interest in helping another person.
Piaget's Two Stages of Moral Development
1.) Heteronomous Morality
2.) Autonomous Moratlity
Heteronomous Morality (Piaget)
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.
Autonomous Morality
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.
Care Perspective
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.
Character Education
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.
Cognitive Moral Education
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.
Conduct Disorder
Age-inappropriate actions and attitudes that violate family expectations, society's norms, and the personal or property rights of others.
Conventional Reasoning
(Kohlberg) At this level, individuals abide by certain standards, but they are the standards of others such as parents or the laws of society.
Empathy
Reacting to another's feelings with an emotional response that is similar to the other's feelings.
Heteronomous Morality
(Kohlberg) Moral thinking is tied to punishment.
Hidden Curriculum
The pervasive moral atmosphere that characterizes schools.
Immanent Justice
Piaget's concept that if a rule is broken, punishment will be meted out immediately.
Individualism, Instrumental Purpose, Exchange
(Kohlberg) Individuals pursue their own interests but also let others do the same.
Induction
A discipline technique in which a parent uses reasoning and explains the consequences for others of the child's actions.