Psy 100 Week 1 Research Paper

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Quanvai Kinard
PSY 100
12/01/15

Tall tale or not, During World War I, Henry Tandey, an English recipient of the Victoria Cross came across a wounded soldier. Rather than fatally shooting his enemy, Tandey out of remorse spared his life. Fortunately, the soldier he allowed to live was Adolf Hitler. Is it possible for oneself to be too nice for their own good? As individuals we all have our own perception of personal morality. Whether it’s from making critical decisions, clinical judgement or reasoning; when faced with last-minute situations how do oneself react? Would we rely on faith, logic or reason to finalize our decision? Well, it’s a self explanatory question that every individual has encountered. Personal morality can vary for instance: Doing something regardless of consequences, putting oneself in another person's shoes, and setting potential goals. Morals are generally defined by psychologists as attitudes and beliefs that people hold that help them decide what is right and wrong (Kohlberg, L. (1963) pg. 1 seg. 1). Your concept of morality is determined by the rules and norms of conduct that are set …show more content…
Within the first segment of the article one can infer that Jean Piaget, “Shed of Light” on Morality had lead an influential impact on Lawrence Kohlberg's famous research on Moral theory of development. While fascinated in Piaget's theory “Four stages of Cognitive Development”, Kohlberg went further into Piaget's findings and came up with his own theory which lead him to ponder- "How does the amoral infant become capable of moral reasoning?" (Kohlberg, L. (1963) pg. 1 seg. 2). While conducting research at University of Chicago, Kohlberg believed that individual’s ability to make moral reasoning can develop through childhood. His method of research lead him to identify three phases of moral development: Preconventional, conventional, and postconventional
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