PSYD22H3 Lecture Notes - Social Comparison Theory, Great Range, Prosocial Behavior
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Chapter 4 (the socialization of moral judgment and behavior in cross-cultural perspective) It does appear that the substance of morality-that is, the actual rules of ethical conduct, the values and mores that govern behavior-is deeply embedded in specific cultural patterns. Anthropologists point to the structural function of values, which tends to be more stable than their content. In this view, the most sophisticated and primitive cultures attend to the same basic human needs. As a result, values are analyzed in terms of their common functional purposes, and in such terms are seen to be equivalent despite gross differences in specific content. Typology approaches have failed to specify the operational mechanisms by which broad sociocultural influences make their impact on individual socialization. An integrative model of moral development and socialization. Two major emphases in modern psychological approaches to moral development have been the stage and type analyses represented by kohlberg and bronfenbrenner.
