6200WK7 DISCUSSION 1
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Response 1
SaturdayApr 8 at 11:52pm
Explain one moral development theory and its connection to the act of bullying.
One moral theory that stood out to me was Kolberg's three levels and six stages of moral development. As stated in the book the first level deals with self interest; learning what is good and what is bad based on being rewarded or punished; and then deciding within yourself what is moral good or bad. During this stage the idea of bullying can be formed based on the person's interactions with family and others. For example. if a child is playing with friends and receiving a punishment (being hit, punished, isolated or insulted) while being nice (giving and helping others); then they child may begin to associate their kind behavior as being a bad morally and feel the need to start mimicking the behavior they a receiving from "friends" making them a bully. Vice versa if the child is constantly being mean to friends (hitting, pushing, insulting) then the child could began to become isolated from peers and them recognizing the behavior as being morally bad which could potentially lead to the child mimicking the more positive behaviors (being friendly and kind). This also works in a parent and child relationship as well. For example, lets take a sibling relationship, one child is making good grades and excelling in every way but being disregarded by their parents; the other is exhibiting deviant behavior and receiving all of the parents attention. This could cause the excelling child to understand the excelling behavior has being morally bad do to being ignored and start to exhibit similar behaviors as the other siblings.
This potentially is how bullying starts. A child having a false sense of what is morally right and morally wrong. Most children who bully have experienced some form of bullying within their household which causes them to bully others. Whether it be a need for acceptance from others or need for control in their environment; bully normally roots for misunderstanding of morals and absence of punishment. Now a days bullying is even more prevalent due to social media.
Social media creates an ideology in society determining what is acceptable and what is not. Whether it be how a person looks or how a person conducts themselves in situations social media plays a major factor. For example, the "ideal image" for a woman given by social media is to have a hour glass figure and long hair. For men, it is to have muscles and dress nicely. So, for teens growing up in a age where social media has a major influence, the need to fulfill this standard is very high. So those who have that image are deemed as "popular" causing them to receive major attention. However because they are in the phase of identity vs role, it opens the door for if a social media interest was to change and the teen loses their relevance to another teen this could create a environment for bullying to start; and because social media is normally very personal cyber bullying becomes easier than physical bullying. With cyber bullying the bully can hide their identity or even gain more supports of the act based on beliefs or similarities alone because social media goes world wide. This is different compared to the past where social media wasn't as prevalent so physical bullying took place and their where others there to address the acts morally on a more personal level.
RESPONSE 2
Collapse Subdiscussion Ladoshia Sinkler
1:41pmApr 11 at 1:41pm
Hello all,
Post an explanation of one moral development theory and its connection to the act of bullying. Be sure to frame your explanation within the context of cyber and other bullying that persists in social media and communication technologies that adolescents use. Also explain how bullying has changed and how it has remained the same in light of modern technology. Please use the Learning Resources to support your analysis.
Kohlberg’s Moral Development Theory Level One entitled The Pre Conventional or Pre Moral level closes aligns with the act of bullying. According to Kirst-Ashman and Hull (2019), the first level is characterized by an individual seeking self interest and this usually occurs during ages 4 to 10. During the pre conventional stage a adolescence behavior is control by determine whether a child will be punished or receive a reward (2019). For an example, a child being told if they complete they’re chores they will earn an allowance verses being punished for not completing. Level one consist of two stages that are identified as avoiding punishment and the other focuses of gaining rewards. I must also say that level two Conventional which can also be paired with level one due to it occurring during ages 10 to 13. In the Conventional level focuses on a adolescents desire to please others and receive social approval (2019). Stages three and four of level two include gaining the approval of others and authority-maintaining morality.
During both levels of Kohlberg’s theory the thought of bullying can form and become second nature to the child due to prior interactions with family and friends. In regards to Level One of Kohlberg’s theory the child is still developing. During this level a child may experience not following directions and may receive punishment. As the child continues to develop and begins to make friends the child may process that any time something is not down a person should receive punishment. For an example, the child could possibly be playing with a peer and the ball rolls of and they tell the peer to get it. The peer could state no and the child may feel that anytime they receive punishment it was because they failed to complete a task.
Social media has played a role in depicted how one’s life should be or displayed. It has also painted pictures to our you regarding what is good and what is bad. Cyber bullying occurs on the date to day basis between adolescents picking on their peers regarding pictures posted, how they look and often time how they dress themselves. Bullying has change over the years due to technology advance and presented additional plate forms that can be utilized as tools to bully. In the past, bullying has been happening during personal interactions but now adolescents are capable of inboxing or private messaging the receiver so it’s not in the public eye. According to one of this week’s resources, Brown et Al states there is a larger percentage of students who are victims or traditional bullying versus cyber bullying due to bullies possibly not have access to technology or not having an opportunity to present itself (2017). Bullying has remain the same whether is a personal or cyber attack of an individual. Bullying still is the act against an individual that can be done verbally, inflict physical, social and/or psychological harm.
References:
Zastrow, C. H., Kirst-Ashman, K. K., & Hessenauer, S. L. (2019). Understanding human behavior and the social environment (11th ed.). Cengage Learning.
• Chapter 7, “Psychological Development in Adolescence” (pp. 320–360)
• Review pp. 333–338 on moral development theories.
• “Chapter 8, “Social Development in Adolescence” (pp. 361–409)
Brown, C. F., Demaray, M. K., Tennant, J. E., & Jenkins, L. N. (2017). Cyber victimization in high school: Measurement, overlap with face-to-face victimization, and associations with social-emotional outcomes. School Psychology Review, 46(3), 288–303. doi:10.17105/SPR-2016-0004.V46-3.
