PSYC 2450 Chapter Notes -Grammatical Gender, Relational Aggression, Research

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2450
• Professor: Anneke Olthof

Document Summary

Morality: set of principles and ideals that helps an individual distinguish right from wrong. Moral maturity: motivation not based on reward/punishment. The process of adopting the attributes or standards of other people taking these standards as one s own. Includes feelings such as guilt, shame and pride in ethical conduct: moral reasoning. The thinking that people display when deciding whether various acts are right or wrong: contemplating morality, moral behaviour. The behavioural component of morality, actions that are consistent with one s moral standards in situations in which one is tempted to violate them. What is actually done when tempted with a moral decision. Psychoanalytic theories emphasize affective component: feeling part of it . Freud s theory that moral development occurs during the phallic period (3-6) when children internalize the moral standards of the same sex parent as they resolve their oedipus and.