PSYCH 2AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Moral Relativism, Moral Realism, Ego Ideal
14 Jun 2016
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The ego: (bridges all levels of the psyche together) Responsible for executing the urges of the id in a way that is acceptable to the external environment. Superego: (also bridges all 3 levels of the psyche together) Seeks to govern your behaviour in a way that is congruent with internalized parental and societal standards of morality. Vicarious rewards + punishments = observational learning, seeing someone preform behaviour x and receive reward y = you are more likely to preform behaviour x = indirect experience. Not just learning about what to do/not to. Its about learning what is morally right/wrong. Inductive reasoning: inducing a child to think for themselves about the situation. Piaget"s model of moral development: premoral (2-4) No sense of morality: moral realism (5-7) Believe that rules are created by wise adults and therefor must be followed and cannot be changed. Heteronomous morality: absolute rules handed down by another.
