Adolescent Development and Moral Behavior Quiz

By creating mental ideas (schemas) into which they pour their life’s experiences

They can experience mental illness or even suicide

Developmental tasks for Adolescence Life cycle

The willingness of people to blindly obey authority

Acting socio-centrically, not egocentrically

Dispositional, looking at what is inside the individual

A paradigm shift towards a public health model

Identity vs. role confusion

Postconventional level

It involves positive and helpful actions driven by a commitment to help others

The consequences can include maladjustment, anxiety, social disapproval, mental illness, and suicide.

Jean Piaget (1896-1980) is a psychologist known for his work in cognitive development. The Schema refers to the mental ideas or frameworks that children and adolescents create to make sense of the world and organize their life's experiences.

The way children and adolescents organize the way they view the world can be better understood by looking at the stages of cognitive development, as they move through 4 different stages in organizing their perceptions and understanding of the world.

The three ways psychologists try to understand human character transformations are dispositional, situational, and systemic. Dispositional focuses on what is inside the individual, situational examines external environmental factors, and systemic looks at broad influences such as legal, political, economic, and cultural backgrounds.

Milgram's study found that a significant portion of individuals were willing to harm others under the pressure of authority, quantifying evil as the willingness to blindly obey authority. This study is significant in understanding the influence of authority on individual behavior.

The seven social processes are mindless taking the first small step, dehumanization of others, de-individuation of self (anonymity), diffusion of personal responsibility, blind obedience to authority, uncritical conformity to group norms, and passive tolerance of evil through inaction or indifference.

Zimbardo believes that the key to heroism is the heroic imagination, which can be encouraged in individuals, especially in kids and in the educational system. Encouraging kids to develop this heroic imagination involves promoting the idea that most heroes are everyday people who act when others are passive and in a socio-centric manner.

Erik Erikson's psychosocial theory emphasizes the role of social interactions and outlines 8 stages of development with specific crises and virtues. It highlights the importance of resolving conflicts at each stage for healthy psychological development.

Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development include preconventional, conventional, and postconventional levels. These stages provide insight into how adolescents form their moral reasoning and ethical decision-making processes.

The 'Lucifer effect' refers to the permeable line between good and evil, influenced by circumstances and the exercise of power. It relates to adolescent identity development and moral behavior by highlighting the potential for individuals to be influenced by their environment and the impact of power dynamics on their choices and actions.

The primary way is dispositional, situational, and systemic.

Milgram quantified evil as the willingness of people to blindly obey authority.

The key to heroism is to encourage the heroic imagination, especially in kids and in the educational system.

The seven social processes are mindless taking the first small step, dehumanization of others, de-individuation of self (anonymity), diffusion of personal responsibility, blind obedience to authority, uncritical conformity to group norms, and passive tolerance of evil through inaction or indifference.

Zimbardo believes that a paradigm shift is needed in psychology, away from the medical model that focuses only on the individual, and towards a public health model that recognizes situational and systemic vectors of disease (bullying, prejudice, violence).