Moral Theory and Development: An Overview of Key Concepts and Thinkers, Quizzes of History of Psychology

Download Moral Theory and Development: An Overview of Key Concepts and Thinkers and more Quizzes History of Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Morality DEFINITION 1 Differentiation between what is good and bad TERM 2 Descriptive Morality DEFINITION 2 Doesnt matter what is good or bad, just describing morality as it is. TERM 3 Utilitarian DEFINITION 3 The best thing to do is whatever creates the most overall happiness TERM 4 Kohlburg DEFINITION 4 Viewed morality as different stages TERM 5 Pre-conventional Stage DEFINITION 5 Practicing morality due to fear of punishment and self interest/ obedienceex.) peeing on the carpet is wrong because my mom is gonna yell at meex.)peeing on the carpet is bad because people wont like you TERM 6 Conventional DEFINITION 6 Practicing morality because of laws and conformityex.) peeing in public will get you arrestedex.) Peeing in public is bad because everyone else thinks its bad TERM 7 Post - conventional DEFINITION 7 Practicing morality because of human rights and ethicsex.) It is in our human rights to not be peed on if we do not want to beex.) If it is the dying wish then we should respect an individuals request...as weird as it sounds. TERM 8 Haidt DEFINITION 8 Proposed the idea that we practice morality due to our underlying intuitions.starts w/ stimulus - intuition - rational story to describe intuition TERM 9 Harm/Care DEFINITION 9 We naturally want to help innocent beingsit would be disgusting to us if someone was hurting a puppy TERM 10 Fairness DEFINITION 10 We hate being cheated/ seeing others cheated