Human Growth and Development / Unit 8 HGD 1072 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Piaget's Moral Judgement
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The idea
Piaget asked children who was naughtier: a child who broke one cup sneaking a cookie, or one who broke several by accident.
In practice
From about five to ten, rules are fixed and authority unquestioned; from about eleven, morality weighs intentions and fairness.
Where people slip
The misconception is that Piaget found young children judge by intentions; he placed intention-based judgement at about eleven.
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