PS102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Moral Development, Information Processing, Metacognition
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Number of abilities are developed in the middle of stages; not from one stage to the next. Cognitive growth occurs as information processing abilities gradually become more efficient. Beliefs about how the mind works and what others are thinking. Help us to predict what others will do in a given situation. Morality centers on what you can get away with. Punishment orientation: right and wrong are determined by what is punished. Naive reward orientation: right and wrong are determined by what is rewarded. Morality centers on avoiding others disappro(cid:448)al a(cid:374)d o(cid:271)e(cid:455)i(cid:374)g so(cid:272)iet(cid:455)"s rules. Good boy/girl orientation: right and wrong are determined by close others approval or disapproval. Authority orientation: right and wrong are determined by societies riles an laws, which should be obeyed rigidly. Morality is determined by abstract ethical principles. O(cid:272)ial (cid:272)o(cid:374)tra(cid:272)t orie(cid:374)tatio(cid:374): right a(cid:374)d (cid:449)ro(cid:374)g are deter(cid:373)i(cid:374)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) so(cid:272)iet(cid:455)"s rules, (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h are viewed as fallible rather than absolute.
