PSY 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Santa Barbara City College, Brazilian Schools In Japan, Assisted Suicide
Document Summary
Environmental experiences impact the development of concrete operational skills. Brazilian school kids (6-9 years old) and brazilian street vendors (6-9 years old) School kids could conserve on some tasks and street vendors could conserve on others. Can think logically about concrete and abstract problems. Can discuss abstract moral and political theories. May not be as common as piaget predicted: a scientific/logical and abstract way of thinking is not universal and not valued in all cultures. An enormous influence in theory development and research innovation. Order is general accepted: e. g. , object permanence before conservation. Emphasis on qualitative stages (vs. gradual development) is controversial. May underestimate cognitive abilities of young children. May underestimate social interaction and culture: zone of proximal development. Analysed responses to ethical dilemmas: 3 levels with 2 substages each. More dilemmas today: drugs for hiv, assisted suicide. E. g. , won"t write exam for friend because might get caught and expelled.
