Today, Americans tend to look inside themselves to find some basis of identity. People tend to look internally and ask themselves whether something “feels right” as their basis for making good decisions or ask themselves, “how did I do?” Their personal identity is wrapped up in their place in society and how well they interact and communicate with other people. In Fleming’s chapter “Piaget on Moral Development”, Piaget 's studied children in different age groups and believed their moral judgements developed based on scenarios, interactions in game playing as well as comprehension of rules. While Baumeister in the article “The Self and Society” believes that roots of identity and moral decisions begins with the awareness of one’s body and experiences which form the basis of the psychological self. In the story “Boys on The Bus” examples from both Baumeister and Fleming reflect different age groups of characters as they respond and comprehend to a horrific event that impacted a nation. Therefore, it is clear that experiences, …show more content…
The story of “The Boys on The Bus” gave some examples from both Baumeister and Fleming articles about moral development with a young boy and his understanding of mourning of over a tragedy to a father’s conscious and his selfhood while seeing his son reactions through it. Most importantly for the father, he wanted his son to know that in tragic situations like this it 's not disrespectful or nothing wrong with moving forward with continue to play a game. Coming together in times like this shows that people care about each other and their country bringing unity and really is a beautiful thing that should never be forgotten. Through these examples and scenarios it can be assumed that society seems to assign roles and the values that a person holds which influences self identity and