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chapter 7 - lifespan
self and moral developement
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Psychology
Graduate
05/27/2012

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academic self concept

divided into wo self concepts

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children general self concept

divided ino school subjects such as math, English, Science and social Studies

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nonacademic self concept

2nd self concept

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divided into phyysical, emotional and social concepts

childrens general self concept

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social comparison
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means that people observe the performance of others and use i as a basis for evaluating their own abiliies and acomplishments
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self enhancing bias
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most people are motivated to maintain moderately posiive beliefs sbout themselves
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downward social comparisons
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comparing oneself to less competent individuals
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self esteem slide

kling and collegues (1990)

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identification
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identify with the same sex parent

1st by idetntify with the angry parent

2nd pretending to be the parent

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premoral stage
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Piaget proposed that preschoolers

they seemed unconceerned about establishing rules or standards, making up their own

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heteronomous stage
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Piaget described children morality by reguarding rules outside of heir own self
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immanent justice
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expecting that misbehavior will eventually be punished
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autonomous stage
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rules being based onsocial agreement and can be changed
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precoventional morality

(piagets heteronomous level)

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Piaget - What is right avoids punishment
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postconventional morality

 

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right is defined by justice
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moral rules
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standards that address fundametal moral issues of justice, welfare and rights
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conventional morality

(Piaget autonomous level)

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We do what is right based on others
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personal rules
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choices of friends or recreational activities such as paricipation in family life
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morality of justice
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males will use a justice focus
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morality of caring
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females use a more caring perspective
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prosocial behavior or altruism
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When a child acts in ways to beefit another
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empathy
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feeling with another person, recognizing ones own feelings
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sympathy
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feeling for another person, having concern for the other person
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needs based reasoning
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reasoning about other persons needs

 

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hedonistic
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Eisenberg has foud that preschoolers have concerned for ones own needs
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needs oriented
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another person needs is good enough reasoning to help
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effortful control
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helps a child regulate emotional reaction
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antisocial behavior
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distinguished by it intet to harm another
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instrumental aggression
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using force or threat to obtain poccession
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relational aggression
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purposefully damaging peer relationships
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social information processing
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negative motives towards others
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hostile attributional bias
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hostile attribution of intent: aggressive individuals who tend to percieve threats
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oppisitional defiant disorder (ODD)
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antisocial behavior diagnosed within children

disorders where a child will behave in negative, and hostile behaviors such as arguing with adults, throwing tantrums and spitefulness

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conduct Disorder (CD)
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a pattern of serious behavior patterns that violate the basic rights of others, such as stealing
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Antisocial Personality disorder (APD)
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a disorder characterized by antisocial behavior with conduct problems starting at an early age

usually diagnosis is adults

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early starter model
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life course persistent

violence and aggressive behavior that developess over time

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adolescent onset or late - starter model
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delinquet activities that begis at adolescents
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coercive family interaction
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Pattersons influencial model

how children learn to act aggressively

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Piaget and Kohlbergs Stages of Moral Developement
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see pg 225

 

 

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conventional  morality

(Piaget autonomous level)

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conventional rules
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more arbitrary and variable from one culture to another
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