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HDFS 2317 1st Edition Lecture 2213 - Moral Development, Value, and ReligionOutline of Previous LectureI. Gender and SexualityOutline of Current Lecture I. Domains of Moral DevelopmentII. Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral DevelopmentIII. Age and Percentage of Individuals at Each Kohlberg StagesCurrent LectureI. Domains of Moral Developmenta. What is moral development?i. Changes in thoughts, feelings, and behaviors regarding standards of right and wrongii. An intrapersonal dimension:iii. An interpersonal dimension:b. Piaget’s theoryi. Heteronymous morality (ages 4 to 7)1. Justice, rules are seen as unchangeable properties of the world, removed from the control of people2. (ages 7 to 10): in transition between the two stagesii. Autonomous morality (ages 10 and older)These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.1. Becomes aware rules and laws created by people; in judging an action, they intentions and consequencesiii. Immanent justice 1. If a rule is broken, punishment will be meted out immediatelyc. Kohlberg’s theoryi. Moral reasoning unfolds in universal stagesii. Tested by story with moral dilemmaiii. Theory of three levels, two stages in eachiv. Reflects some of Piaget’s conceptsII. Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Developmenta.III. Age and Percentage of Individuals at Each Kohlberg Stagesa.6050403020100Mean percent of moral reasoning at each stage7014101618Age (years)22242628321234363020b. Missing - Stage 6 (there is fewer than 1% of the population)II. Domains of Moral Developmenta. Kohlberg’s theoryi. Evaluation1. Seventh stage added: cosmic perspectivea. Based on Eastern philosophy - one person’s actions effect everyone.b. “Karma”2. Peer interaction critical influenceb. Criticismsi. Moral reasons (overemphasized) can be shelter for immoral behavior (underemphasized)ii. Faulty research: difficult to measure moralityiii. Culturally biased? – universality of stages one to four found in twenty-seven mostly non-European cultures c. Families and moral reasoningi. Family processes, relationships important in children’s moral developmentii. Gilligan: Kohlberg’s theory is gender-biased1. Kohlberg’s theory has a justice perspective -focuses on rights of individual, one stands alone and independentlyiii. Gilligan has a care perspective — views people in terms of connectedness with others; girls interpret moral dilemmas in terms of human relationshipsd. Reasoning i. Social conventional reasoning1. Focus on conventional rules created by social consensus to controlbehavior, maintain societyii. Arbitrary and subject to individual judgment1. Moral reasoning 2. Focuses on ethical issues and rules of morality3. Obligatory, widely accepted, somewhat impersonale. Moral behaviori. Basic Processes of reinforcement, punishment, and imitation: behavior is situation-specific1. Influence of others present like peersii. Resistance to temptation and self-control1. Influenced by cognitive rationales, factorsiii. Social cognitive theory of morality1. Distinguishes between moral competence (ability to produce moral behaviors) and moral performance (actually performing them)f. Moral feelingi. Freud’s psychoanalytic theory1. Foundation of moral behavior is avoid guilt feelings2. Superego: moral branch of personality (two parts)a. Ego ideal— Rewards for acting ideal standards; sense of pride and personal valueb. _________________— Punishes for disapproved acts; feeling guilty and worthlessc. Children ______________ parents’ standards; self-control replaces parental controlg. Moral feelingi. Empathy1. Reacting to another’s feelings with emotional response similar to other’s feelings2. Cognitive component — perspective-taking3. Develops from infant’s global empathy4. Children’s ability depends on awareness that people have differentreactions to situationsh. Role of emotion in moral developmenti. Contemporary perspective1. When strongly felt, both positive and negative feelings contribute to moral behaviora. Positive feelings: empathy, sympathy, admiration, self-esteemb. Negative feelings: anger, outrage, shame, guiltc. Some emotions undergo developmental change throughout childhood and beyond; interwoven with cognitive and social aspects of developmenti. Parentingi. Piaget and Kohlberg discounted parents’ input to children’s moral developmentii. Parents see themselves in primary rolevffvfvvv1. Relational qualitya. Mutual obligations of close relationshipb. Parental power of discipline, child’s self-controliii. Parents see themselves in primary role1. Proactive strategies (monitoring, distracting child)a. Cocooning - protect kids from moral decisions they are not ready to makeb. Prearming - arming kid with tools they need to go out in the world and make good decisionsiv. Conversational dialogue1.2. All these things advance in moral developmentj. Parenting linked to child’s moral behaviori. Parenting recommendations1. Warm and supportive, not punitive2. Use inductive discipline3. Provide opportunities for children4. Involve children in decisions5. Model moral behaviors6. Provide info and foster internal morality7. Bad parentinga. Withdrawalb. Power


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