Kohlberg's stages of moral development

article tries to evaluate the method introduced by Lou de Olivier in 1997 with repercussion in Brazil, Portugal and England. The referred method consists in the use of toys, games and toys to stimulate the learning of children considered with normal development and, specially, in children who present some especially learning disturbance. This article examines the twenty years of implementation of the method, its practical results and what innovations can still be made. Key words: Learning,…

This essay is going to look at the different theories of attachment, as well as the concepts that are associated with them. It will also discuss how attachment has changed but continues to be a crucial part of a child’s development. Attachment is a key part of developmental psychology and was introduced by John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth who made an influential contribution in terms of the importance of attachment in relation to contemporary children’s settings ie nursery’s. Attachment is a tie…

Theories and Theorists From first steps, first words and more all children go through similar stages of development. Many theorists have studied these developmental milestones, and put them into broad stages of development, which many children go through during certain time frames. Jean Piaget, one of the most well known child development theorist, formed the Cognitive Development Theory which has helped educators to understand a child’s cognitive abilities from birth to early adolescence.…

school setting for example, having such detailed description of the client may assist the counselor’s ability to relate to the client, as well, as appropriately addressing concerns relative to the client’s respective age, and cognitive and emotional development. The participant is referred to as A.L, and he agreed to the interview about his life experiences, as well as milestones pertinent to…

The study of Montemayor and Eisen studied the development of individuals pre-adolescence and post-adolescence. It was hypothesized that young children will only describe themselves with concrete and physical characteristics. However, they believed that older individuals will use more physiological and interpersonal traits. There were significant increases among children and adolescents in seven categories: occupational role, interpersonal descriptions, existential living, ideological living and…

interesting about Postman argument is to establish his points he first begins with discussing the invention of childhood. Thus giving his readers the impression that he believes that childhood did not always exist. Postman explains that with the development of the printing press the culture of society went from an oral culture of learning to a literate culture. Therefore children had to learn to read and write creating institutions like schools. Postman claims this created a gap between elders…

Cognitive development is the construction of intellectual aptitude including identification, investigation, exposition, sensitivity and judgment, from childhood through adolescence to adulthood. Nature of intelligence mainly involves the intellectual practicalities, psychological sequences (thoughts), and eminences of intelligent entities. An individual develops a certain level of intelligence through the several cognitive developmental phases at different stages of life. The primary stage of…

The act of growing up is something we all experience. Being naive and innocent characterize the time and state of mind before this act. Our view of the world are one of the things that is affected by this naive nature. Preteens often picture an adult life and world as something magical, almost fictional and have high hopes for this adult future. Growing up and growing out of this naive worldview is exactly what the main character experiences in the short story Acting Shakespeare. Through this…

cognitive development, which is one of the most influential and extensive theory’s of cognitive development, came about as a result of Piaget himself, observing his own children. In this essay the writer will discuss how, according to Piaget, the process of adaption helps us to understand how a child constructs his/her world. The writer will then go on to outline Piaget’s theory of cognitive development. They will be focusing on the final stage of the theory, the formal operational stage which…

A psychological theory that is reflected in the case study is Piaget’s ‘Theory of Cognitive Development’. Piaget’s theory involves four stages of a child’s cognitive development and how they can understand different things during the different stages of development (refer to the table below) (Wadsworth, 1996). Piaget’s theory importantly shows that children between 7-11 (stage three) can usually only fully understand concrete situations (Wadsworth, 1996). So, in distressing and unknown…