2.4: MORAL DEVELOPMENT Flashcards
A set of guiding principles that dictate what is right or wrong or good or bad
Morality
A kind of development with respect to rules and conventions of interactions among people
Moral Development
Proponents of Theory on Moral Development
Jean Piaget and Lawrence Kohlberg
What is linked to the development of cognition?
The development of a child’s morality
How many ways do children regard morality according to Piaget?
2 ways
The 2 Stages of Moral Development according to Piaget
- Heteronormous Morality
- Autonomous Morality
Age range for Heteronormous Morality Stage
4-7 years
True or False: Moral realism is for the autonomous morality stage.
False, moral relativism
Moral Realism
Heteronormous Morality Stage
Moral Relativism
Autonomous Morality Stage
Morality is based on personal intentions and motives
Autonomous Morality
Morality is imposed from the outside world and forces and factors
Heteronormous Stage
True or False: Dystonic comes first.
False, syntonic.
True or False: Syntonic is bad.
False, good.
True or False: Dystonic is bad.
True
People are properties of the world
Heteronormous Morality
People must obey established rules and laws
Heteronormous Morality
Immanent justice is believed
Heteronormous Morality
Punishment for a person who violates rules and laws
Heteronormous Morality
Punishment imposed depending on the gravity or severity of the act
Expiatory Punishment
Expiatory punishment is applied
Heteronormous Morality
Rules and laws are imposed by authorities and are beyond the control of people
Heteronormous Morality
Age range for Autonomous Morality
10 years and older
True or False: Heteronormous morality believes in restitution than retribution.
False, retribution than restitution
Upholds restitution than retribution
Autonomous Morality
Laws and rules are formed by people, not solely by figures of authority
Autonomous Morality
Rules can be changed if the circumstances dictate the need to
Autonomous Morality
True or False: The transitional period between heteronomous and autonomous morality is also a universal stage.
False
Manifest indicators for the 2 other stages of Piaget’s theory of moral development
Transitional Period
True or False: Jean Piaget discovered the role of cognitive ability in developing moral reasoning of children.
False, Lawrence Kohlberg
True or False: Kohlberg posits that everyone is able to reach all his stages of moral dev’t.
False, not all people
True or False: The morality of people can only be at 1 stage at a time. Each stage gets replaced by another as they develop, according to Kohlberg.
True
How many stages does the theory of moral dev’t of Kohlberg have?
6