PSYC 2450 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Stamen, Reinforcement, Prosocial Behavior

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2450
• Professor: Carol Anne Hendry

Document Summary

Morality: set of principles and ideals that helps the individual distinguish right from wrong: individual acts on this distinction, individual feels pride in good conduct, individual feels guilt due to bad conduct. Believed to be the most crucial milestone of moral maturity. Includes feelings such as guilt, shame, and pride in ethical conduct. Motivate moral thoughts and actions: moral reasoning: Thinking people display when deciding whether various acts are right or wrong: moral behavior: Actions that are consistent with one"s moral standards in situations in which one is tempted to violate them. The affective component of moral development (moral affect) Psychoanalytic theories emphasize the affective component: according to freud: Superego develops during the phallic stage (3-6 years old) Children internalize the moral standards of the same-sex parent as they resolve their oedipus or electra complex. Because girls do not experience the intense fear of castration that boys experience they develop weaker superegos than boys.