PSYCH 2410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Moral Reasoning, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Twin Study
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Individual preferences (choice of friends: even young kids differentiate . By 3 years- make the moral-conventional distinction: Hitting is more wrong than not saying please: moral reasoning involves several components. Understanding the reasons that make actions moral or immoral. Piaget"s theory of moral judgment: basic principle of piaget"s theory. Rigid acceptance of rules moral rules are modifiable: stories: 1: child unknowingly knocks over cups and breaks them. 2: child getting forbidden cookies, falls and breaks cup. Under 6 years first boy was naughtier. Older second boy was naughtier: two stages (and one transitional period) Transitional period (from 7-8 to about 10) Stage 2: autonomous morality (about 11 &12: its true that . Across cultures, intentions become important with age. No evidence that peer interaction by itself stimulates moral development. Younger children can do better depending on task- if intentions made salient. Kohlberg theory of moral judgment: strongly influenced by piaget, stages: Do right so you are considered good.
