PSY210H1 Lecture Notes - Psychoanalytic Theory, Puffy Amiyumi, Parenting Styles
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Overview: rooted in human nature, the adoption of social norms, social understanding, moral reasoning of young children, development of morally relevant self-control, development of aggression. Self-control, acting morally vs. aggressively: morality as rooted in human nature. Biologically based provisions for moral acts = evolution: survival of the species = with pity, moral behaviour, frontal region of cerebral cortex (ventromedial area) = emotional responsiveness + sympathy for others in pain. Ventromedial damage = disruption of social learning = antisocial behaviour. Psychoanalytic theory vs. social learning theory = how children become moral beings. Both regard moral development as a matter of internalization: adopting societal standards for right action as one"s own. Morality from society individual : based on : parental style of discipline (type of misdeed, child"s characteristics (age + temperament, parent"s characteristics, child"s view of misdeed + reasonableness of parental demands. Psychoanalytic theory: freud: morality 3-6 years during oedipus/electra complex.
