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by Ronald Duska and Mariellen Whelan.
How does the amoral infant become a moral person? What methods or techniques may parents, teachers, and pastors use to foster this process in children?
The author has identified the four major psychological answers to these questions. 111 the learning approach. which sees morality as moral behavior, 121 the cognitive approach, which sees it as moral reasoning (3) the humanistic approach, which sees it as moral potential: and 141 the psychoanalytic approach, which sees it as moral conflict.
She discusses the basic assumptions of each, its tech- niques, its answer to the question of how an infant develops into a moral person, the problems associated with its assumptions and techniques, its practical appli- cations to home, school, and church. And she evaluates each from a Christian viewpoint
A final chapter expounds a theological approach to moral development The author concludes that "the totality of what it means to be moral can be understood only in the context of Christian theology."
As an introduction to moral development, a contribution to the integration of psychology and Christianity, and an application of each approach to daily life, this volume stands alone
Bonnidell Clouse, professor of educational and school psychology at Indiana State University, has published more than fifteen articles in such journals as Contemporary Education, Journal of Psychology and Theology, Journal of the Annie Slientific Altiliation, and Education. Before earning a Ph.D. degree in educational psychology from Indiana University, she taught at the elementary level for live years
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