Social Cognition and Moral Development

About the lecture

In this lecture, we think about social cognition and moral development, focusing in particular on: (i) Piaget as one of the original proposers of developmental stages, within which was moral development; (ii) Piaget’s three mountains task and the importance of the perspective taking abilities measured in it for social proficiency in the real world; (iii) Kohlberg’s six stages of moral development; (iv) the relatively new field of social cognition and the recognition of its impacts from development to criminal behaviour; (v) the role of school education in social cognition development.

About the lecturer

Dr Ashok Jansari is a senior lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London. Dr Jansari’s research interests include memory disorders, prosopagnosia, executive functions, and synaesthesia. Dr Jansari is most famous for his research into prosopagnosia, having made numerous TV appearances, including on BBC1’s The One Show, as well as hosting his own ‘Neuro Talk’ YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/c/DrAshokJansariNeuroTalk/featured

Some of Dr Jansari's recent publications include 'Acquired synaesthesia following 2C-B use' (2019), 'Using virtual reality to investigate multitasking ability in individuals with frontal lobe lesions' (2019), and 'Identification from CCTV: Assessing police super-recogniser ability to spot faces in a crown and susceptibility to change blindness' (2018).