文档介绍：Chapter 12 Moral Development and Moral Trait
Moral development is the process by which individuals acquire a sense of right and wrong, to use in evaluating their own actions and the actions of others.
Chapter 12 Moral Development and Moral Trait
Piaget’s theory of moral development
Piaget spent a great deal of time watching children play marbles(弹珠)and asking them about the rules of the game, Piaget felt that by understanding how children reasoned about rules, he could understand their moral development. His findings are:
(1) There are no true rules before about the age of six. Children of about 2 years old simply played with the marbles. From 2 to 6, they expressed an awareness of rules but did not understand their purpose or the need to follow them. They are egocentric and have difficulty taking the perspective of other people.
Chapter 12 Moral Development and Moral Trait
Piaget’s theory of moral development
(2) Between the ages of 6 and 10, children begin to acknowledge the existence of rules, though they are inconsistent in following them. They see rules as being imposed by some higher authority and unchangeable. He called this phase heteronomous(他律的) morality,or morality that is subject to rules imposed by others, characterized by the view that rules are absolute.(moral realism)
Chapter 12 Moral Development and Moral Trait
Piaget’s theory of moral dev