PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Psych, Cognitive Development, 6 Years

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Dr.Goulding

Document Summary

Asked children about moral dilemma got them to respond, and then figured out what level of moral reasoning they were on. John comes out room goes to door and open the door which hits a bunch of cups table fell over and cups broke. Henry his mom was out and away, wanted jam from cupboard, when mom not home he tried to get jam he knocks over a cup. Findings: kids 6 years and younger they say john but 7 years and older they say henry. John didn"t know the cups were there but henry knew it was bound to happen. based on intentions. Ages 0 7: stage of heteronomous morality. Children believed rules were fixed and unchangeable, they thought rules were concrete, they have difficulty about hypothetical situation. These children think that rules are fixed things, not something you can change. Children thought good and bad is determined by authority figures.