PSY 302 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Moral Relativism, Normative Social Influence, Social Cognition
30 Jan 2016
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Piaget describes how children"s moral reasoning changes from a rigid acceptance of the dictates and rules of authorities to an appreciation that moral rules are a production of social interaction and hence are modifiable. Piaget believed that interactions with peers, more than adult influence, account for advances in children"s moral reasoning. Piaget studied children"s moral reasoning by observing children playing games, such as marbles, in which they often deal with issues related to rules and fairness. He also interviewed children to examine their thinking about issues such as transgressions of rules, the role of intentionality in morality, fairness of punishment, and justness when distributing goods among people. Piaget said that there are 2 stages of development in children"s moral reasoning, as well as a transitional period between the stages. The stage of the morality of constraint. Most characteristic of children who have not achieved piaget"s stage of concrete operations that is children younger than 7 years old.
