Moral psychology

breaking the law. (Wong) The theory of Moral…

have never heard of the phrase moral panic before. So to me after learning about what exactly a moral panic is, in my own words a moral panic is basically an extreme panicked response expressed by the public believing that a certain issue threatens a “normal” society, (social order). When comparing Cohen’s processual model and Goode and Ben-Yehuda attributional model of moral panics, there are many similarities and many differences. Both of the models state that moral panics are some kind of…

There are various different approaches in psychology. An approach is a perspective (i.e. view) that comprises of certain assumptions (beliefs). In the study of human behavior each perspective has its strengths and weakness, and brings something different to the understanding of human behavior. Behaviorism Perspective Behaviorism emphasize the role of environmental factors(stimuli) in influencing behavior(reaction). Behaviorist believe that all behaviour is learned and shaped by the environment.…

Common belief in today’s world is most likely based on an individual’s behavior such as upbringing, personal crime history, personality, etc. These factors might seem reasonable and logical but is it these factor or is it just merely the idea of nature vs nurture? In “The Power of Context” by Malcolm Gladwell, Gladwell examines the role of the environment and its impact on one’s decisions and behaviors. He does this through three key broad ideas: the Power of the Context, the Law of the Few, and…

In “Mind Over Mass Media” by Steven Pinker, Pinker explains the “moral panics” caused by new forms of media. Pinker persuades the reader that most panics caused by the media are either overly exaggerated or just false. Pinker effectively uses historical evidence, logical analysis, and some humor mixed in with a lot of sarcasm to back up his main statement “But such panics often fail reality checks.” Pinker also provides some scientific evidence but most of his arguments are logically proven with…

Swiss born psychologist and philosopher, Jean Piaget is considered to be a pioneering genius in the field of developmental psychology, Not only did he make vast improvements in the treatment of patients with mental disorders, he has revolutionized how child development is viewed along with teaching, and learning itself. Born in 1896 to a professor and a domestic engineer, Piaget had a quite a fierce fascination with Biology as a child, and spent many a days at the national museum of natural…

tasks done, feels romantically appealing, can control his behavior and has close friendships both, in person and online. He described himself as a smart kid, who enjoys playing video games and drinking tea. I also assessed his moral development through Kohlberg’s system of moral reasoning. When asking him the question about a man with cancer trying to get the medication to save his wife’s life, he answered that no matter what he did he would still have to go on trial and be punished. This…

Moral reasoning is a rational procedure with the neutral of deciding whether a notion is correct or incorrect. To distinguish whether something is correct or incorrect one must primary distinguish what is proposed to complete. For instance, if I wanted to sway my Captain, I have to know what is likely to amaze him or her, what I, myself, can do at the work-place or where he/she would witness me performing my job. Moral reasoning is also a preparation in psychology that overlays with moral…

Young children do not have the capabilities to think like adults. In fact, this is a misassumption in psychology for many years. Children, on one hand, are competent thinkers in a way that they think in different ways compared to adults. Although they may be wrong when providing an answer, children would not admit it because they have reasons for their wrong answers to questions that involved logical thinking. Incorrect answers indicated the differences between the thinking of children and…

Candy Okwena 04/28/2018 PSY 4V96 MORAL PSYCHOLOGY PART 1 MAPPING THE MORAL DOMAIN Many of the scales used in moral psychology share the assumption that the moral domain is “limited to concerns about individuals harming or unfairly treating other individuals” (Graham, Iyer, Nosek & Haidt, Koleva & Ditto, 2011 p. 366). Lawrence Kohlberg viewed morality as justice while Carol Gilligan viewed morality as care. Turiel combined both views and described moral domain as, “prescriptive judgments of…