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Piaget - Moral
WGU Foundations of Teaching
Terms | Definition, etc. |
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Piaget's Theory of Moral Development | Cognitive stuctures/abilities develop first - these determine the child's ability to reason about social situations. Development occurs in predictable. before age 6, child plays by her own idiosyncratic rules. |
Heteronomous Morality Stage | (Younger children) behavior is based on relationships of constraint. |
Heteronomous Realism | Rules seen as inflexible requirements, external to the child, and not open to negotiation. Right = obedience to adults/rules. |
heteronomous Badness and Fairness | Badness judged in terms of the objective form/sequence of the action. Fairness = adult's decisions. Arbitrary/Severe punishment seen as fair. |
Heteronomous Punishment and Justice | Punishment is an automatic consequence of the offense; justice is inherent. |
Autonomous Morality Stage | Moral reasoning based on cooperation and mutual respect. |
Autonomous Rational Moral Attitudes | Rules are products of mutual agreement, open to negotiation, and made legitimate by personal acceptance/common consent. Right = acting in cooperation and mutual respect. |
Autonomous Badness and Fairness | Badness is viewed in terms of the person's intentions; fairness is equal treatment and taking into account individual needs. |
Autonomous Punishment | Punishment is affected by human intention, and the fairness of the punishment is defined by its appropriateness to the offense committed. |