11/13 Stages--Morality and Psychosocial Development

Kohlberg’s Moral Development

I. Match each situation with the stage of Kohlberg’s Moral Development

A) Preconventional Morality

·      Self-Interest (Looking out for #1).  Obey rules to avoid punishment or gain Positive Rewards.(Respect for power & punishment)

B) Conventional Morality

·      Uphold laws and rules to gain social approval. (Seeking approval of important orders).   Or Laws are upheld to maintain social order.(Belief in Law & Order)

C) Postconventional Morality

·      Actions reflect belief in basic rights (Justice through Democracy) and self-defined ethical principles. (Universal Moral Principles)

                       1.___Stealing is wrong period. We are obligated to obey laws if we want to live in a civilized world.     

          2.___Stealing from family is not so bad. What are they going to do, lock you up?

                                3.___ I once stole something from a store to impress my friends.

                               4.___Why shouldn’t people steal from stores? They rip people off with their high prices.

5. ___I don’t think stealing is right, but in certain emergencies, or life and death situations, I might

      steal something.

6. ___ I’m not going to skip class because I might get a detention and won’t be able to play in the   

      game.

7. ___ I’ve had near perfect attendance for four years. I’ll skip class because my friend is 

                  having some problems and needs someone to talk to. Sorry, but people matter more than     

                  rules.

     8.___Skip class? No problem. I’m hungry. Besides, it’s only wrong if you get caught.

     9.___Skip class? I don’t think so. I’d lose my teachers and coaches’ respect.

   10.___ Sometimes students just need to miss school; work, stress, or just need a day off.  It’s just  

                different than it used to be.

Intro to Erikson----Social Development

Adolescence Notes

Childcare---Read for Homework---Come ready to take a position in favor or against sending your own child to daycare

11/9 Ch. 3 S2 Wkst.

Stages Wkst.

Ch. 3 S2-3 Wkst.

PSY I—Developmental Psychology

p. 71-84

Define the following:

1. schemas                              2. assimilation                        3. accommodation      4. object permanence                

5. representational thought    6. conservation           7. egocentric               8. imprinting

9. critical period                     10. attachment                        11. authoritarian families   12. authoritative families

13. permissive families

14.    Explain Harlow’s research with Rhesus monkeys on the issue of attachment.

15.    Draw and explain Erikson’s stage of Psychosocial Development.

11/6 Language and Basics of Development

10/14-11/4 Learning Unit

Ch. 10 S2 –Retrieval

Define the following:

1.  Recognition           2. Recall          3. reconstructive processes    4. confabulation            5. schemas

6. eidetic memory      7. Relearning  8. Forgetting                           9. Decay                      10. Interference

Sentence Answers

11.    What about state-dependent learning would make studying with headphones not worth your time?

12.    Why is distributed practice better than cramming?

13.    What are forms of elaborate rehearsal that you use to help you study?

14.    Why are mnemonic devices useful?

15.    Using p. 279, what are the four types of Long-Term memory?  Describe each one.

Memory Wksts.

Operant Conditioning Wkst.

Reinforcement vs. Punishment

Instructions

For each example presented below, identify whether positive reinforcement (PR), negative reinforcement (NR), or punishment (PUN) is illustrated by placing the appropriate abbreviation in the blank next to the item.

         1. Police pulling drivers over and giving prizes for buckling up

2. Suspending a basketball player for committing a flagrant foul

  3. A soccer player rolls her eyes at a teammate who delivered a bad pass

         4. A child snaps her fingers until her teacher calls on her
         5. A hospital patient is allowed extra visiting time after eating a complete meal
         6. Receiving a city utility discount for participating in a recycling program
         7. Grounding a teenager until his or her homework is finished
         8. Scolding a child for playing in the street

9. A prisoner loses TV privileges for one week for a rule violation

         10. A parent nagging a child to clean up her room
          11. A rat presses a lever to terminate a shock or a loud tone
         12. A professor gives extra credit to students with perfect attendance

  13. A dog is banished to his doghouse after soiling the living room carpet

         14. A defendant is harassed and tortured until he confesses
         15. A young child receives $5 for earning good grades in school
         16. A mother smiles when her child utters "Mama"

  17. A child is put into "time out" for misbehaving

         18. Employee of the month gets a reserved parking space
         19. At a party, a husband becomes sullen when his wife flirts with a colleague
         20. A woman watching a football game offers her child candy to play quietly