PSYC1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Social Contract, Social Change, Moral Development
9 Aug 2018
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Social and moral development: moral development background. How do we define moral development: changes across the lifespan in judgements, behaviours and emotions in relation to standards of right or wrong. Which domains does moral development affect: cognitive: moral reasoning, behavioural: prosocial behaviour, social/emotional: empathy. Bandura(cid:495)s social-cognitive theory: model of triadic reciprocal determinism, proposes that moral behaviour (b) is a product of the reciprocal interplay. Prosocial behaviour: a voluntary behaviour intended to benefit another. Altruism: a subtype of prosocial behaviour that is viewed as especially moral. Pre-schoolers(cid:495) sharing behaviour predict future prosocial behaviour (cid:523)eisenberg. There is a slight tendency for older children to behave more pro-socially than et al. , 1999). younger children (fabes & eisenberg, 1998). Among adolescents, moral judgement is associated with prosocial behaviours (e. g. carlo et al. , 1995): social development: theory of mind. E. g. imagine a 12 month old watching an adult with full hands try to more widely open an ajar door with his head.
