Psychology 2410A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Control Character, Kin Selection, Moral Psychology

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2410A/B
• Professor: Adam Cohen

Document Summary

Preliminaries, moral psychology as a solution to problem of group living. What is the point: moral psychology is an umbrella term- has 5 domains. Care and harm; fairness and cheating; loyalty and betrayal; authority and subversion (social hierarchys); sancity and degradation. Thoughts and action: moral se(cid:374)se (cid:894)psy(cid:272)hology(cid:895) is (cid:374)ot the sa(cid:373)e thi(cid:374)g as (cid:373)orality (cid:373)orality refers to ethi(cid:272)s. Drawing incorrect inference that what is natural is morally correct. Science is about explanation not just justification: piaget"s theory of moral development. Said kids before 4 were pre-moral heteronomous morality: (4-7 years) argued ids in stage view moral rules as rigid as if they were physical object because they could not think about them abstractly. Treat rules as rigid; b/c power difference and no room for negotiation (most rules from parents) Power difference between them and elders, not in position to modify the rules.