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Yale Baby Lab

Rose B

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Moral development.                                                                      Y. Nichols

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Moral development.                                                                      Y. Nichols

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After watching baby lab and asked myself, Do I think we are born moral or do we learn to be moral? I think we are born with moral but I also think we learn to be moral differently as we go from baby stage into the different stages of life. Babies want and chose good. We learn through the stages of childhood and later in life from the influences in our lives positive and negative. From our environment, culture and social relationships. Positive parental involvement will be the key influence in their lives.

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After watching the video on the Yale Baby Lab, I believe that babies are born with morality. In this video it showed at such a young age that babies 80% of the babies can perceive right from wrong. I have two children myself and didn't even realize babies was this smart. I believe that people are only exhibits bad behaviors if it comes from their environment and if they were taught it. I also learned that children that are younger (older than babies) was seen to be more selfish and didn't want no one to want more than them. As the children got older from the study, they became more generous and thoughtful. This was a good watch. Even though this was an older study, I'm curious to see the development on this research now.

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After watching the video, I don't think morality was proven as much as it proved primitive conflict reaction. The first part showed babies preferred the "hero" of the puppet shows they watched. It didn't prove that they would do the same as a puppet in the situation. It just proved that they perceived who was the "good" actor in the scenes they watched. If not that, it might be that babies chose based on the kind of company it would want for its own needs. Maybe what it preferred were characteristics of emotional connection and protection that babies typically need in that part of their lives. The next part with the cheerios/graham cracker was another situation I think ascribed to morality, but again was based on the primitive sense of self that babies have, this time about bias reinforcement. I don't mean to be cynical, but I don't think we conceptualize right and wrong until much later, and the tests these scientists did are kind of subjective in its meaning. I mean, it showed a choice was made more often than not, but it didn't prove the why of it.

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I was surprised to see that newborn babies have a sense of right and wrong after watching the Yale Baby Lab video. In my mind, morals were learned as people grew up and were taught by their parents, school, or culture. It appears, however, that we are born with some basic moral instincts. In the experiment with the puppets, it was found that babies preferred the puppet who helped over the puppet who was mean. This tells me that babies can judge the actions of others even before they are able to speak. It was also fascinating to see how older babies preferred people who were more like them. This made me realize how nature and nurture contribute to moral development. Several implications can be drawn from this research. One would be that we are born with a sense of morality, but the environment shapes it more as we grow. Also, it shows that early experiences play a huge role in shaping our character. This video made me think more about where our morals come from and how psychology uses experiments to understand human behavior, from babies.

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After Watching the baby lab video, I do believe that babies are born with a sense of morality. in my opinion, babies inherently want to do right. Throughout their stages of development they will continue to do the right things as long as their needs are being met. It can certainly depend on the amount of time the parents are spending with the children, the environment they live in whether it be a positive environment with both parents actively being involved in the development of a babies' life or negative environment, Where no parents are involved in a development of a child. Family involvement plays a major role in a child's development . It is important to make sure if possible the child is raised in a trauma free, stress free environment. Other factors include the child's culture, and personal relationships.

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i believe all babies have a sense of morality . they have a keen eye and pay attention to the surroundings that are placed in front of them . throughout their beginning stages, babies develop their brains and can make sounds decisions based on right and wrong .

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Before taking a look at this video on the Yale Baby Lab I assumed that children typically learn the difference of right and wrong through their caregivers and the society that they grow in. But looking at the research seeing baby as young as three months being able to have a natural sense of good and bad shows that they may have some basic understanding of morality. The research leaves some pretty big implications that if babies are born with morality, then our understanding of good and bad is really natural and not just learned. This completely challenges and research or ideas that moral development just comes from social interactions and that there could be a biological component that we never thought of. It immediately made me think of the nature vs nurture debate in how we wonder if a person becomes the way they are due to biology or because of the environment they grew up in. I think much like with debate this shows that moral development actually may be a mix of both natural instincts and also what we learn from the world around us.

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Originally, I would have said that babies start off as a blank slate and are then taught morality and bias. After watching, I think babies are actually born with morality and some bias but are then taught to be truly bias toward one side or the other of a particular subject through parentings and experience. Like in the puppet shows, they wouldn't have originally had a bias toward one puppet or another, but once they had the experience of watching one do good or bad, or watching one eat something they liked vs something they didn't, the kids then learned their bias. Parenting, in my opinion, plays the most crucial role in a child's development of morality and bias. If parents make a greater point to diversify and educate the child, they are less likely to produce bias and more likely to think in the "greater good" of their morals.

Adam W.

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It was very surprising to find out that babies have a built in sense of right and wrong after watching this video. I always figured babies just began to understand morality from their parents and the world around them, but the Yale Baby Lab’s puppet experiments were eye-opening to see! Three-month-old babies picking the "nice" puppet and even cheering when the "mean" one gets what’s coming; it was a little shocking. It makes me wonder what else we are born with. Like when the babies sided with puppets who liked the same snacks and wanted the “different” ones to suffer. It weird to think that we’re born ready to side with others who have similar views to us. It's almost like people are born with bias.

So, I guess the results of this experiment say we are born moral, although before watching I would have said that morality is learned.

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I still am a firm believer that we learn morality. I think that the demonstration was good and introducing the principles of morality to infants. Even though one of the characters showed negative behaviors, sounds can also contribute like the slamming of the box lid being closed could've scared the infants into picking the other character. I was surprised by some of the behaviors the babies showed the researchers however I don't fully believe that it is accurate and I don't think infants don't naturally "hate" things as described within the video. Although, as I said I think that it is learned, I do think that biases do get heightened over time through their development of learning. I really liked the token/poker chip practice that they applied for the older children. It really showed how much they learn as they get older as they're becoming less dependent on family and are starting to gain their sense of self.

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Even very young infants show a basic sense of ethics, favoring helpers over harm-doers. However, as we grow, our ethical understanding becomes shaped by society, culture, experiences, and education. The research shows that ethics may be built-in and highlights the influence of caregivers and society in developing them further.

Miguel S.

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After viewing the video on The Yale Baby Lab, my perception of how morals are formed has evolved. My previous understanding was that all teachings of morals were incorporated from family, school, and societal engagements. However, the research indicates that even babies might possess an innate sense of morality.

Equally astounding for me was the fact that babies had a distinct preference for the “nice” puppet as compared to the “mean” one. While they may be too young to talk or socialize, kids still showed the ability to grasp compassion as well as helpfulness. That makes me wonder whether morality is not entirely taught and instead is something inherent.

Simultaneously, the babies even more preferred those who were like them and were ready to be unkind toward those who were different. This demonstrates that even though we might begin with some primitive moral instincts, they are not infallible. We require a degree of education on fairness, inclusion, and respect for all individuals.

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Prior to watching this video from The Yale Baby Lab, I had a bit of knowledge on how babies' cognitive skills as a former childcare provider. However, I leaned towards the idea that morality was learned through the environment and cultural norms. It was surprising to see the babies' responses. The results of the puppet show suggested that we are born with the capacity to form a moral judgment in even the smallest ways. Unfortunately, our experiences can eventually change that.

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These studies that study the morality of babies are very interesting. I had always thought that babies were born moral with hate being taught. It was very interesting to see that babies wants to see someone who is different treated worse than someone who is similar to them. I also found it fascinating to see that babies seem to have an understanding of right and wrong. I think that maybe babies are born with some knowledge of right and wrong and a bias of those who may be different, however through reinforcement it may shape their minds as they grow and learn about the world around them.\

Nicole Weaver

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After watching the research done at the Yale Baby Lab, I believe we are born with a basic sense of morality. It seems that these babies have a general sense of right and wrong and are born with the instinct to prefer the things that are most like them. It is interesting for me to see because I always thought that it was mostly all learned behavior. I still believe that as we develop, our environment and the people that surround us shape our moral values. But now I understand that some of those values are pre-disposed when we are extremely young.

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Before watching the video I believed that babies would have some sense of morality but more or less would be blank slates where they would then develop morality. After watching the video I have seen that babies have a stronger sense of morality than I thought, where they are able to identify and remember mean behavior. I now believe that while babies are born with a sense of morality and this is then developed as they grow as the video shows with the groups of children showing greater equality and generosity with the amount of chips each gets as the children get older.

Jesse Sheldrick

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This video highlights a study done on infants and their morality. The study consisted of multiple experiments. One experiment had babies watching puppets do “good” things versus “bad” things and then choose which puppet they preferred. Most of the babies chose the puppets that did the “good” things. This experiment suggests that babies have an innate level of morality and prefer beings who treat others well. Another experiment had kids of different ages pick between two sides of chips, sometimes having to pick between giving another person more or less chips than them. The younger kids tended to be more selfish, preferring to get the most chips for themselves while the older kids started to be more selfless and give up their own chips. This experiment suggests that we learn to be more caring and selfless as we get older. Alternatively this experiment may suggest that we become more aware of how we appear to others and what we’re “supposed to do” as we get older. This video has definitely surprised me and made me think about the concept of morality. Based on the results of this study, I personally believe that we have a natural fear for people that are different, but not hatred. I feel that hatred is learned but so is kindness and putting others before yourself. We may be born with a basic moral compass, but our specific moral values and behaviors are largely shaped by learning and experience.

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Meaghan Humble

After watching the video i was surprised by how many of the babies chose the "good" guy over the counter part. I believe that we are born knowing the sense of "good" or morals. From my own personal experience with my son, he is capable of understanding right from wrong since a young age, being able to understand when something hurt another person. However i also believe that our sense of morals comes from our environments and experiences. What we see, and what we are taught. Babies, and young children are like sponges, they see what others around them do and recite the same behavior such as throwing a ball, or getting a towel for spilled water.