Psychology 2062A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Ridicule, Relate, Cadency
2 Apr 2014
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Psychosocial development: is the process by which a person"s sense of self emerges as the result of the interaction between his or her social and personal side. Individual development takes place in a social context. Includes: the development of feelings, attitudes, beliefs and values. Moral development: the mechanism why which children and adolescent learn the difference between right and wrong. Moral judgment: children"s conceptions of rules and the respect that children acquire for these rules. Piaget studied the game of marbles, most popular children"s game of his day. He constructed stories that contained an immoral act such as a lie, but varied in intentionality. Intentionality: whether or not an immoral act was intended to deceive someone. Moral realism: stages in which rules are taken literally and absolutely and must be respected. Objective responsibility: being responsible for one"s transgressions, regardless of the intentions behind them.
