PSYC 302 Lecture Notes - Prosocial Behavior, Moral Reasoning, Lawrence Kohlberg
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Moral judgment: core concepts, the reasoning behind a behavior is critical for determining whether a given behavior is moral or immoral, changes in moral reasoning form the basis of moral development. Eisenberg"s stages of prosocial behavior: this pattern of changes has been found in a variety of western countries, although children from different cultures do vary somewhat in their. In many cultures, children begin to differentiate between moral and social conventional issues as early as age 3, and see moral transgression as more serious offenses. Hamlin, j. k. , wynn, k. , bloom, p. , & mahajan, n. (2011). How infants and toddlers react to antisocial others. Proceedings of the national academy of sciences, 108(50), 19931-19936. Infants will approach those that have acted positively toward others and avoid those that have acted negatively. Infants expect others to respond in this manner: approach helpful, avoid negative. Research question: do preverbal infants and just-verbal toddlers have the capacity for more nuanced social evaluations, e. g.
