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Developmental Psychology

Developmental Psychology. Cognitive & Moral Development. Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development. Higher cognitive abilities allows for “deeper moral processing”. Moral Dilemma. Two morals or two “rights” pitted against one another Interested in reasoning, not behavior.

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Developmental Psychology

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  1. Developmental Psychology Cognitive & Moral Development

  2. Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development • Higher cognitive abilities allows for “deeper moral processing”

  3. Moral Dilemma • Two morals or two “rights” pitted against one another • Interested in reasoning, not behavior

  4. Moral Dilemma: What do you think? • In Europe a woman was near death from a special kind of cancer. There was one drug that the doctor’s thought might save her. It was a form of radium that a druggist in the same town had recently discovered. The drug was expensive to make, but the druggist was charging ten times what the drug cost him to make. He paid $200 for the radium and charged $2,000 for a small dose of the drug. The sick woman’s husband, Heinz went to everyone he knew to borrow the money, but he could only get together $1,000 which is half of what it cost. He told the druggist that his wife was dying and asked him to sell it cheaper or let him pay later. But the druggist said, “No, I discovered the drug, and I’m going to make money from it.” So Heinz got desperate and broke into the man’s store to steal the drug for his wife.

  5. Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development

  6. Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development

  7. Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development

  8. Developmental Course • Childhood: Level 1 • Adolescents : Level 2 • Adult: Level 2 (Level 3?!)

  9. Write an answer for stage_____ There was a woman who had very bad cancer , and there was no treatment known to medicine that would save her. Her doctor, Dr. Jefferson, knew that she had only about 6 months to live. She was in terrible pain, but she was so weak that a good dose of a pain killer like ether or morphine would make her die sooner. She was delirious and almost crazy with pain, and in her calm periods she would ask Dr. Jefferson to give her enough ether to kill her. She said she couldn’t stand the pain and she was going to die in a few months anyway. Although he knows that mercy killing is against the law, the doctor thinks about granting her request.

  10. Evaluating Kohlberg • Morality is cognitive? • Bias (Culture & Gender-Carol Gilligan) • Overlap in people’s stages • Attitude vs. Action

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