1. Moral understanding and behaviour

1.1.             Self-control

1.2.             Reasoning about moral issues

1.2.1.                  Piaget's view

1.2.2.                  Kohlberg's stages

• Preconventional
• Conventional
• Postconventional

1.2.3.      Gilligan's ethic of caring

1.2.4.      Eisenberg's level of prosocial reasoning

1.3.             Prosocial behaviour

1.4.            Aggression

2. Family relationships

2.1. Parenting

2.1.1. Parenting styles

• Authoritative
• Authoritarian
• Indulgent-Permissive
• Indifferent

2.1.2. Role of extended family

2.2. Brothers and Sisters

2.2.1.      Birth order

2.2.2.      Sibling rivalry

2.3. Divorce and remarriage

2.3.1.      Impact of divorce

2.3.2.      Blended families

3.      Child Abuse

3.1. Types of maltreatment

3.1.1. Sexual abuse

3.1.2. Physical abuse

3.1.3. Neglect

3.1.4. Emotional abuse

3.2. Consequence of abuse

3.3. The spanking debate

3.4. Cross-cultural differences