PSYC 2290 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Relativism, Impulsivity, Moral Reasoning

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2290
• Professor: proulx

Document Summary

Ability to regulate behavior and inhibit impulsivity. Predicts academic performance, substance abuse and self esteem. Parenting style: inductive style vs. power assertion, we all live with limits, internalize ideas - they can use these strategies when parents are not present. Temperament: fears and anxieties, sense of cooperation and kindness, positive emotion. Culture: effects rules parents make, behaviours (acceptable/ non acceptable) Reminders of importance of long term goals over short term gratification. Use self- talk to deal with the temptation of immediate gratification (talk) Use distractions to reduce focus on temptation (doing something else) Most link moral development to cognitive development. Conventional level (focused on rules, social norms, conformity) Post conventional level (formal operations, fulfill duties, responsibility) Stage 5: social contract orientation (respect for other people, justice) Stage 6: universal ethical principals (broader perspective, big picture) Moral self-relevance - the degree to which morality is central to self-concept. Principals of justice and caring - gilligan"s research.