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Explain How Attitudes Are Shaped by Our Values and Beliefs

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Explain how attitudes are shaped by our values and beliefs.


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Moral Development

The process through which individuals develop proper attitudes and behaviors toward other people in society, based on social and cultural norms, laws, and rules.

Preconventional Reasoning

The lowest level in Kohlberg’s theory. At this level, morality is often focused on reward and punishment. The two stages in preconventional reasoning are punishment and obedience orientation (stage 1) and individualism, instrumental purpose, and exchange (stage 2).

Individualism

A theory in society that prioritizes individual freedom over the control of groups or governmental authority.

Piaget's Methods

Techniques used by Jean Piaget, including naturalistic observation and clinical interviews, to study cognitive development in children.

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