HDFS 401 1st Edition Lecture 25Outline of Last Lecture II. Siblings as Gender Socialization Agents a. Peers and Gender III. School CultureOutline of Current Lecture IV. Moral Judgment V. Social Developmental Theory a. Social Conventional DomainVI. Judgments and Complex Issues a. Moral Judgments b. Moral Behavior VII. EmotionsVIII.Child Characteristics Moral Judgment- Turiel’s Social Developmental Theory o Social Conventional Domain An area of social judgment focused on social expectations normalizes and regularities that help facilitate smooth and efficient functioning in society Children of all ages constantly view moral violations - Psychological Domain o An area of social judgment found on beliefs and knowledge of others o Focuses on three different issues: Personal issues Presentational issues (ex: safety) Psychological IssuesStanley Milgram (1974) Judgments about Complex Issues - Conflicts between rules in different domains may lead to ambiguities and uncertainties o Experience on obedience Moral Judgment: How Children Learn the rules and distinguish Between Social Domains 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.- Parents and Teachers Roles in Moral & Social Conventional Reasoning o Toddlers interactions with mothers indicate that they begin to understand rights and wrongs at 16 months Understanding increases - Moral Judgments advances when parents:o Initiate discussions about other people’s feelings o Use disciplinary techniques that involve reasoning and explanation o Promote democratic family discussions - Children learn about the different consequences of breaking moral rules versus breaking social-conventional rules. o Feedback from parents is the most effective if it is domain appropriate - Sibling and Peer Influences on Moral and Convention al Judgments o Relationships with Siblings and peers involve turn-taking difficulties, disputes over possessions, social exclusion, testing, taunting, and hurting o These processes are opportunities for learning moral and social conventional rules - Children also talk with each other about moral transgressions, which helps them learn about moral rules and concepts - Moral Behavior: Self-regulation of Behavior o Self-regulation- the ability to use strategies and plans to control one’s behavior inthe absence of external behavior - Individual differences in Self-Regulation: o Children differ in the rate at which they develop self-regulation o Parents and other caregivers facilitate children’s development of self regulation A cooperative, affectionate, and mutually responsive relationship with parents help children develop a strong conscience or internalize values and standard of moral behavior - Temperament o Passive inhabitation – resulting from fear and anxiety; unconscious o Active inhabitation – resulting from effortful control; conscious and deliberate- Development of Moral Emotions o Emotions like remorse, shame, and guilt play a role in regulating moral actions and thoughts o Researchers now suggest that the period between 2 & 3 year is normal for the emergence of guilt and the beginning of conscience - Moral Emotions and Child Characteristics o Not all children feel equally guilty when they violate a moral rule Children with more fearful temperaments experience more guilt Girls display more guilt and shame than
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