2.1b: Research methods experiments

Conducted ‘Child as a moral philosopher‘ study.

Amount of children in the ‘Child as a moral philosopher‘ study.

Stage one of preconventional morality, where a child defines ‘wrong‘ behaviour as that which recieves punishment.

Stage two of preconventional morality, where a child defines ‘right’ behaviour as that which satisfy their own needs/wants.

Stage three of conventional morality, where a child defines ‘right‘ as what is expected by others and leads to praise.

Fourth stage of conventional morality, where a child defines ‘right‘ as what social roles and norms defined by a larger social system believe.

Stage five of post-conventional morality, where laws are flexible and should change if they don’t correspond with people’s rights and majority interest.

Stage six of post-conventional morality, where morality is determined by abstract moral principles and are chosen over the law.

Disputed Kohlberg’s findings as there is evidence females focus on personal relationships over justice, and said his dilemmas were too complex for young children to fully understand, as well as not being realistic.

Disputed Kohlberg’s findings by claiming that behaviour is more influenced by outside factors, such as punishment, than moral principles.

Conducted the ‘behavioural study of obedience‘.

Roles that were assigned to the participants in the ‘behavioural study of obedience‘.

Highest level of prod in the ‘behavioural study of obedience‘.

Lowest level of prod in the ‘behavioural study of obedience‘.

All participants reached this level of volts.

Percentage of participants who reached maximum voltage (450V).

Theory of obedience devised by Milgram.

Part of Milgram’s agency theory where people direct their own actions and take responsibility for them.

Part of Milgram’s agency theory where people act as agents to the will of an authority figure, and place responsibility on them for their actions. This authority figure is percieved as qualified, an authority and able to take responsibility for the agent’s actions.

Claimed the ‘behavioural study of obedience‘ lacked experimental realism, so people didn’t actually think they were electrocuting people.

Said informed consent was prevented as they didn’t know the true aims of the study in the ‘behavioural study of obedience‘.

Financial incentive offered to those who participated in the ‘behavioural study of obedience‘.

Percentage of participants who were glad to have participated in the ‘behavioural study of obedience‘.

Percentage of participants who regretted participating in the ‘behavioural study of obedience‘.

Number of participants in the ‘behavioural study of obedience‘.

Youngest age group used in the ‘child as a moral philosopher‘ study.

Oldest age group used in the ‘child as a moral philosopher‘ study.

Amount of different moral dilemmas in the ‘child as a moral philosopher‘ study.