Spanking undermines internalized moral development while producing surface obedience.

Evidence

For moral internalization --- outcome number two --- d equals negative 0.33. Corporal punishment was associated with less moral internalization. Children who were spanked were, on average, less likely to develop an internalized sense of right and wrong. They obeyed when someone was watching. They were less likely to behave well on their own. This is worth sitting with. The practice that produces the most immediate compliance also undermines the very thing that makes compliance unnecessary in the long run. — , The Rod and the Child, 6332

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the fear-based learning, amygdala-vs-prefrontal-cortex distinction from the neuroscience arc the author references in 6386. — connects to: Wesleyan doctrine grounded corporal punishment in the belief that self-will damns a child’s soul — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 3195; Corporal punishment impairs the very self-regulation it aims to build. — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 6247; Spanking persists because its benefit is salient while its harm is statistical. — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 6386 (+6 more)

Related

• Spanking produces immediate compliance but no other desirable outcome. (similarity 0.90)
• Corporal punishment actively suppresses the circuits moral learning requires (similarity 0.89)
• Corporal punishment impairs the very self-regulation it aims to build. (similarity 0.88)
• Corporal punishment activates fear rather than teaching the intended rule. (similarity 0.88)
• Spanking persists because its benefit is salient while its harm is statistical. (similarity 0.88)
• Corporal punishment is contraindicated for moral learning (similarity 0.86)
• Even the momentary compliance benefit of spanking vanished under the narrow definition (similarity 0.85)
• Meta-analysis of 88 studies found spanking had ten adverse outcomes and one benefit (similarity 0.85)
• Corporal punishment harms children’s brains through the same mechanisms as physical abuse. (similarity 0.83)
• Regular physical punishment undermines children’s internalization of body-safety education (similarity 0.82)
• Children learn power rather than moral rules from being physically punished (similarity 0.81)
• Corporal punishment forecloses future capacities the adult child would want (similarity 0.81)
• Corporal punishment reduces the white-matter wiring between prefrontal cortex and amygdala. (similarity 0.81)
• Punishment only temporarily suppresses behavior, never eliminating it (similarity 0.80)
• Longitudinal, neuroimaging, and genetic designs independently confirmed spanking’s adverse effects (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Corporal punishment is contraindicated for moral learning #corroborates (0.85) — , The Rod and the Child, 6150
• Corporal punishment actively suppresses the circuits moral learning requires #expands (0.80) — , The Rod and the Child, 6149
• Even the momentary compliance benefit of spanking vanished under the narrow definition #corroborates (0.65) — , The Rod and the Child, 6458