Psychology 330MR - Lab: Cultural Dev. of Morality

We will explore the development of children's moral reasoning about helping and caring for others. Our goal is to understand social processes of development by examining how children engage with cultural messages about helping. Students will work on one of three projects, which will likely involve children's conversations about helping with parents, and with peers, and naturalistic classroom observations among elementary-school-aged children. In small groups, students will formulate a hypothesis, create materials and measures, collect and analyze data, and write a research report. Throughout we will engage with theoretical and methodological literature targeted to these areas of inquiry.

Prereq: Psychology 200, and Psychology 230 or Psychology 233.