PSYB20H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Bilingual Education, Phonics, Autism Spectrum
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Moral reasoning: piaget said moral reasoning develops in 3 stages, 1st stage (2-7/ preoperational) is based on rigid obedience to authority. Young are egocentric so cant look at it more than one way. Believe rules cant be bent, behaviour is either right or wrong and that any offense deserves punishment, regardless of intent: 2nd stage (7-11, concrete operational)- increasing flexibility. As they interact more, discard idea that theres only a single standard of right and wrong. Develop own sense of justice based on fairness. Information-processing approach: attention, memory and planning: executive functions: conscious control of thoughts, emotions and actions to accomplish goals or solve problems. Increasing capacity for selective attn. is believed to be due to neurological maturation. Improvements in info processing may help explain advances piaget described. Canadian children e. g. use of american norms: therefore canadian children score differently esp.
