PSYC 2110 Lecture 9: Lecture 9 - Moral Judgement
21 Apr 2013
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Freud: conscience develops by internalizing prohibitions of what is wrong: superego development. Moral conduct is correlated w/ intellectual development, high self esteem, decision making and planning. Children do learn the rules of conduct, but they don t appear to be internalized very well. Metacognition has to come first (if you can t evaluate your behaviour, you can t feel wrong about it) Parents often give mixed messages on moral development. Parents are often invisible role models (child won t notice parents performing good behaviours) There s often a conflict between values of parents and values of peers. And there are greater reinforcers for children to behave in sex-stereotyped ways than moral behaviours ( did you see that broad? vs treat women well ) Identification and moral development-not favoured theory: mixed messages, parents are invisible role models, conflict between parents and peer group, more reward in sex stereotypes than moral behaviour. Punishment is not an effective means of controlling behaviour.
