Cards (9)

  • Morality
    Principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong, or good and bad behaviour
    A particular system of value and principles of conduct
    The extent to which an action is right or wrong
  • Social dimensions of morality
    Social conventions
    Moral laws
  • Piaget's moral reasoning
  • Why do children fail Piaget’s morality tasks?
    Piaget suggested that their morality was based on predicting adults' responses. Sometimes children's predictions are not accurate. A child may look worried because he has spilled his drink and in his own mind he may think that the adult will be cross.
  • Limitations of Piaget’s theory
    • Cognitive focus
    • Staged theory
    • Culturally biased
  • Kohlberg’s moral reasoning [Heinz dilemma]
  • Limitations of Kohlberg’s theory
    • Cognitive focus
    • Gender biases around defining ‘goodness’?
  • Psychopathy checklist
  • Primary vs Secondary Psychopathy