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Cognitive Development In Children: Experiment - School Essays

Cognitive Development In Children: Experiment

Piaget suggests that children prior to the age of seven develop an
objective moral orientation. They tend to evaluate the good or bad actions on
the basis of the consequences of the actions (good or bad). At about the age
seven, children develop a subjective moral orientation which involves evaluation
of behavior in terms of whether the intentions were good or bad. This
investigational method is used to determine whether children under the age of
seven have objective moral reasoning; along with, if children about the age of
seven have subjective moral reasoning.

Method

Subjects:

The subjects were children from 1990 to 1995 between the ages of three to 11.

Apparatus:

Some sets of ...

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the 15 cups! They are all
broken.

B. A girl (boy) named Mary (Robert) wants to get some candies. But her (his)
mother tells her (him) that she (he) can't have any more candies, and she (he)
leaves. But Mary (Robert) wants a candy, so she (he) climbs up on a chair and
reaches up to the shelf. But she (he) knocks over one cup and it falls on the
floor and breaks!

Story Pair Two:

A. Sarah (Kenny) was playing on her (his) swing in the back yard. Her brother
(his sister) was also playing in the back yard. He (she) decided to go over to
the sandbox to play. As he (she) walked by the swing, Sarah (Kenny) tried to
kick him (her) but misses.

B. Pauline (Billy) was watching TV. Her brother (his sister) was playing nearby.
She (he) hears her (his) friends playing outside and gets up to run outside and
play with them. As she (he) is running she (he) bumps into her brother (his
sister). He (she) falls down, his (her) nose begins to bleed, and he (she)
begins to cry.

Story Pair ...

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