Psychology 2062A/B Lecture Notes - Moral Development, Moral Realism, Old Age

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2062A/B
• Professor: Patrick Brown

Document Summary

Psychosocial development: process by which a persons sense of self emerges as the result of interactions between his or her social and personal side. Moral development: the mechanism by which children and adolescents learn the diff between right and wrong. Moral judgment: childrens conceptions of rules and the respect that children acquire for these rules. Intentionality: whether of not am an immoral act was intended to deceive someone. Moral realism mr: 2-7 stage in which rules are taken literally and absolutely and must be replaced. Objective responsibility: being responsible for ones transgressions, regardless of the intentions behind them mr. Heteronomous morality: morals are regarded as sacred and fixed as created and being handed down by authority figures and as being alterable only by authority figures mr. Expiatory punishment: punishment that is strong and arbitrary and thereby allows the wrongdoer to expiate or pay penance for rule-breaking mr.