PSYC21H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ethical Dilemma, Moral Reasoning, Random Assignment
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Moral will power: what you show to other people. Social behvs of many kids = immoral antisocial / prosocial moral behv. Milgrim experiment looks at obedience to authority figures: what happens to personal moral standards when someone tells you what to do, study came about after nazi germany, study lethal electric shocks; memory test; actor. Standford prison exp 1971 (zimbardo: random participants, all male, random assignment prisoners or guards, violation of human rights, experiment shutdown after 6 fays (gf of zimbardo intervened, situation changes people. Jane elliot"s classroom experiment: wanted to teach class (christian caucasian) students about discrimination, happened soon after assassination of martin luther king jr, blue eyes vs brown eyes. Created aggression and division among the kids. Environment really impt to our moral dev. Stages (lowest to highest stage) : premoral stage (under 5, moral realisim (age 5+, moral absolution. When stories simplified, earlier displays from kids.
