Kohlberg's stages of moral development

Evaluate the view that stage-based approaches to development are unable to account for individual differences in development In a quest to explain development, stage based approaches are often used. Stage based approaches look at the development of children in particular being divided into concrete stages, in which the fundamental development takes place (Bukatko & Daehler, 2001). One of the most relevant stage based approach is that of Piaget. Piaget believed that cognitive development could…

defining play, and the recognition of its complexity, it is not surprising that there have been numerous attempts to categorise different types of play according to Whitebread,(2012). As Moyles (1989) has demonstrated, for every aspect of children’s development, there is a form of play. However, in the contemporary psychological literature the various kinds of play are generally divided into five broad types based upon the developmental purposes which each serves, partly arising from the…

cognitive development can be described as the study of how children acquire the ability to learn, think, reason, communicate, and remember. One can observe a great difference between a 3-year-old preschooler’s thinking pattern and a 9-year-old student’s thinking pattern. Each child has a different thinking ability which falls into a stage of Piaget’s theory of stages of development. According to Piaget’s theory of stages of development, the 3-year-old would be in the preoperational stage. The…

Lifespan development is the field of study that examines the pattern of growth, change, and stability in behavior that occur throughout the entire life span. (Feldman, 2008). Life span development focuses on human development, physical development, cognitive development, personality development and social development. Physical development examines the ways in which the body’s makeup that includes; the brain, nervous system, muscles, and the need for food, drink, and sleep. (Feldman, 2008).…

The thinking between a 3 year-old preschooler and a 9-year-old student is very different, according to Piaget’s theory of cognitive development. Cognitive development refers to the development of thinking, problem solving, and memory. Jean Piaget developed his theory by observing infants and children. He believed that children form mental concepts or schemes as they experience new situations and events. He also believed that children first try to understand new things in terms of schemes they…

previous knowledge about cognitive development prior to researching about it this week. I had never heard of Jean Piaget either, but I am glad that I did because his theory of cognitive development is very interesting. I learned that cognitive development is the development of the thinking and organizing parts of the brain and it involves language, reasoning, problem solving, and memory. Piaget was the first psychologist to make a study of cognitive development. Before his studies, it was just…

other races either for the better or worse. Some ideas and examples and good evidence for the cause of how Scouted morals are effected. Scout, a little girl growing up into a lady will make many important changes, and being in the South during the 30’s could be a harsh environment to soak up as a young girl. Growths and moral development were made…

eligious development in childhood is filled theories but there is little to no empirical research done on the topic of religious development in childhood. A majority of the theories regarding religious in early childhood development revolve around stage theories of religious cognitive development. There seems to be a lot of overlap in these theories as well. Jean Piaget holds a considerable amount of influence in the stage theories. There are four stages to Piaget’s theory: Sensorimotor stage,…

Piaget’s Sensorimotor Stage The infant in this video playing with a telephone appears to be in Piaget 's theory would categorized as, the sensorimotor stage, the time frame from birth to age two (Barrouillet, 2015). This sensorimotor stage is the first phase of cognitive development in Piaget’s theory (Barrouillet, 2015). Piaget, saw this phase as one of extraordinary advancement and evolution of cognitive growth (Barrouillet, 2015). Children observe and imitate as they test their senses…

The child showed that he cannot conserve number. Piaget proposed that children under seven years old cannot conserve number and Aidan proved he could not conserve number. This experiment showed that Aidan was in the pre-operational stage of Piaget’s stages of development.…