The Graded Engagement Model of Admiration

Autor/in	Little, Sabrina B.
Titel	The Graded Engagement Model of Admiration
Quelle	In: Theory and Research in Education, 19 (2021) 1, S.3-18 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Little, Sabrina B.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1477-8785
DOI	10.1177/1477878521996304
Schlagwörter	Imitation; Prosocial Behavior; Moral Development; Psychological Patterns; Ethical Instruction; Moral Values; Reflection; Theories + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Moralische Entwicklung; Ethics instruction; Teaching of ethics; Ethikunterricht; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Theory; Theorie
Abstract	Admiration is often described as having a singular motivational profile -- the disposition to imitate. This article provides a developmental assessment of admiration's action-potential, proposing a series of stages between (1) naïve imitation, a basic mimetic impulse, and (2) non-imitative virtuous actions. The process is marked by an increasing ability to represent the actions and desires of another, becoming the middle term between the learner and the exemplar. This developmental assessment is necessary because the leading accounts of moral development today lean on the idea of imitation as essential to the process of virtue acquisition without providing an explanation of how imitation works, psychologically speaking. Moreover, these accounts treat imitation as a static disposition, rather than one that matures over time. Insight regarding this developmental progression can provide us with a better sense of how to educate using exemplars in order to advance a learner from admiration to moral virtue. This article also fills in gaps in the admiration literature concerning how we regard inimitable excellences and contends that it may not be beneficial to emulate an exemplar's motivations, in addition to her actions. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01