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Moral Development - Coggle Diagram

- - - - S 1: Punishment & obedience (does behavior lead to punishment?)
      - S 2: Instrumental hedonism (Does behavior reward/satisfy a need?)
    - - S 1: "Good boy/Good Girl" (Is behavior socially approved/liked by others?)
      - S 2: Law & Order orientation (Does behavior violate laws & rules established by legitimate authorities?)
    - - S 1: Morality of Contract, Individual Rights, Democratically Accepted Laws (Is behavior consistent w/democratically accepted laws?)
      - S 2: Morality of Individual Choices (Is behavior consistent w/broad, universally applicable general principles?)
  - - - Male = Justice & individual rights
      - Female = care & responsibility
    - - More characteristic of Western culture
- - - - Judging behaviors w/negative consequences, based on actor's intentions
    - - Judging behaviors w/negative consequences, based on the consequences of the behavior
    - - 1: Underestimation of child's cognitive abilities & moral understanding
      - 2: Moral development stops in late childhood/early adolescence
- - - - equality of peer relationships allows for mutual negotiation for the resolution of moral problems.
  - - - Induction style discipline (explaining why a behavior is wrong based on impact to others)
        
        Assoc w/ more advanced levels of moral reasoning v. power assertion/love withdrawal