EDHD 411 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Prosocial Behavior, Palestinian Territories, Moral Development
27 Feb 2018
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Psychological harm: has to do with how we treat others . She did not raise her hand in class: morality is not rule-following behavior or compliance- it is not relative nor changeable upon external sources, it is an absolute norm that is generalizable to all cultures and societies. Piaget: the first moral developmental psychologist: the moral judgement of the child (1932, stage theory: Morality of constraint (~7 years of age) Autonomous morality (11 years of age~: source: Children develop morality through peer interactions: piaget used various vignettes, broken cups example. The stages of morality (piaget: morality of constraint (1st stage): Young children are authority-oriented: autonomous morality (2nd stage): No longer accept blind obedience to authority. Consider intentions and motives (e. g. , broken cups) Evaluation of piaget"s theory: supporting piaget"s views: With age, children increasingly take motives and intentions into account when judging the morality of actions (n. w. Berg & mussen, 1975; lickona, 1976: critique on piaget"s theory:
