the belief that the morality or immorality of an action can be judged according to fixed standards of right and wrong. According to Jean Piaget, moral absolutism is characteristic of young children in the heteronomous stage of moral development, who interpret laws and rules as absolute. See moral realism. Compare moral relativism; situation ethics.
n. a set of study methods developed on the basis of research in cognitive psychology. The set represents six steps required for acquiring information: preview, question, read, reflect, recite, and review.