PSYC 2450 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Longitudinal Study, Moral Development, Truancy
17 Apr 2013
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Internalization the process of adopting the attributes or standards of other people taking these standards as one"s own. Adapt what they learn and conform to these ideals. Crucial milestone along the road to moral maturity. Moral affect affective, or emotional, component that consists of the feelings (guilt, concern for others" feelings, etc. ) that surround right or wrong actions and that motivate moral thoughts and action. Moral reasoning cognitive component centres on the way we conceptualize right and wrong and makes decisions about how to behave. Moral behaviour behavioural component that reflects how we actually behave when we experience the temptation to violate moral rules. Affective component of moral development moral affect. Oedipal morality moral development that occurs during the phallic period at ages 3 6 when children internalize the moral standards of the same-sex parent as they resolve their oedipus and electra conflict. Newer ideas about the early development of the conscience.
