Kohlberg's stages of moral development

magically stop developing once you reach adulthood. There are so many ideas or theories about the developmental process of humans, that these people called theorists take the time to research and come up with all of these different theories on development. Some might agree with one theorist, while another might disagree with that theorist. I guess that’s why they are called theories. If I were to have a child and had to…

Personality is defined as the unique cognitive and behavioural aspects of an individual that more or less remain consistent regardless of different situations. However, despite its relative continuity and stability after initial structure and development in childhood, personality has the potential to be shaped by numerous catalysts and experiences over the course of a lifetime. This is notion is explored, drawing on the research of Caspi and Roberts (2001), McAdams (1994), Roberts, Walton and…

theme on child development is Erikson’s psychosocial theory, which is based on how children see themselves and how adults can help children get through the basic dilemmas of life through Erikson’s stages. Erikson’s psychosocial theory is relevant to children’s social and emotional development because, if adults have a professional relationship with the children they work with and give children a good impression and influence them well, then the children will get through their life stages with…

According to Kohlberg, Ryan is in the “post conventional” stage of his development where he is beginning to develop his own beliefs and values. During the formation of his beliefs he will begin to test them to make sure that is what he beliefs in. During this stage Ryan is not worried about following others beliefs (his parents) rather be able to form his own beliefs without the influence of anyone else. During adolescence, Ryan is becoming more realistic about the world he lives in. In order…

deepens. If the attachment does not deepen as normal there are strong chances of negative implications as they reach adulthood, which can range from less serious to more serious. Bowlby concluded that there are four stages of attachment that occur at particular times of development. These stages are: Pre Attachment, attachment-in-the- making, clear-cut attachment and formation of reciprocal relationship. Preattachment is the first…

Erikson’s stages of development talks about the eight stages of development in which individuals should pass through, from infancy to late adulthood. This study is focus on the Adolescence. This stage is the most crucial because in this stage you were able to form a sense of identity. In this stage an individual will experience identity and role confusion. Puberty is important because it develops ego identity. With this, an adolescent finds their new roles to help them discover the things that…

develop the necessary fine motor skills that aid in self-feeding. During this initial stage of self-feeding, it will primarily be with the baby’s hands. At first, baby will use their whole hand to rake their food, but they will soon learn to use multiple fingers, which then evolves into the pincer grasp that later benefits other fine motor skills like writing. 2.…

Furthermore, I believe my son had gone through some of the stages in Eric Erikson chart (Identity and life cycle, 2008) with no problem because as a young mother I inculcate my son to be secure of himself. that’s the same thing that my parent taught me, I know I have some regret but everyone has them, that is how we develop in life and that is how we learn to be able to guide our children when something does not feel right. Moreover, Freud said “Life is not easy”. and totally agreed with that.…

Elliot Anderson, is a 59 year old widower. According to Erikson’s theory Mr. Anderson is in the Middle Adulthood stage (Newman & Newman, 2009). The developmental tasks of middle adulthood are managing a career, nurturing an intimate relationship, expanding caring relationship/parenting, and managing the household (Newman & Newman, 2009). Mr. Anderson claims that he hasn’t been to work for the past 2 months. Considering the loads of stress he’s been under he feels he isn’t capable of working. At…

song writer, television producer and talk show host. She became a favorite of mine has a child in a hit TV show called “That’s so Raven”. In the stage of development in Erikson’s theory is Intimacy V. Isolation which means a time where we explore relationships leading toward longer term commitments with someone other than a family member. Raven is in the stage where she is searching for intimacy she had a former partner named AZ Marie Livingston who was a girl, she stated the following quotes…