objective responsibility

in the moral judgment typical of children under the age of 10, the idea that the rightness or wrongness of an act is based almost exclusively on its material result, without consideration of the individual’s motives for doing it. For example, accidentally breaking five cups is worse than deliberately breaking one. Compare subjective responsibility. [proposed by Jean Piaget]

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Psychology term of the day

November 22nd 2024

cachexia

n. an extreme state of poor health, physical wasting, and malnutrition, usually associated with chronic illnesses, such as cancer and pulmonary tuberculosis.