Kohlberg's stages of moral development

realized that children use their imagination to make up for the experiences in life that they are missing. Piaget came up with the four stages of mental development. The mental development was called Schema. The four stages of Schema were sensorimotor stage, pre-operation stage, concrete operational stage and formal operations. The first stage, sensorimotor stage, children between the ages of birth to 2 years old are learning the relationships between their bodies and the environment. They…

Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory is a standard theory in the field of psychology used to describe how people grow and change with regards to personal reasoning skills. According to the text, Piaget’s cognitive development theory is the “principle that from infancy to adolescence, children progress through four qualitatively different stages of intellectual growth” (Belsky, 2012, p. 22) The four stages (occurring during childhood) developed by Piaget are: Sensorimotor, Preoperations,…

Adolescent egocentrism describes the phenomenon during which adolescents cannot differentiate between their own perception of themselves and the perception of others (Elkind, 1967). It has been looped in with Piaget’s cognitive development theory (Kesselring & Müller, 2010). Though there have been many criticisms over specific details in Adolescent egocentrism regarding Piaget’s theory, people generally seem to agree on two subtopics of adolescent egocentrism: imaginary audience and personal…

Introduction Moral development is necessary for the everyday social situations in the world. It is the ability for children to develop attitudes and feelings towards others in society based on their experiences, culture, and social rules. Moral development begins to expand as the brain develops and children are exposed to various social experiences. In the study done by Michael T Rizzo and Laura Elenbaas and Shelby Cooley and Melany Killen, their research looks at moral development through the…

seeing her and show sensitivity to human speech. Even though infants can’t see they show behaviour related processes. If the infants are exposed to stimulus repeatedly they show decrease in response (Habituation). Childhood is a major phase of human development. Childhood start from the age of 2-3 and extended till the age of 12-13. The childhood is progressed by the understanding and using the language. Before child start using the language he start…

The birth order theory was discovered by Alfred Adler. The theory refers to the order of birth in which one was born in. It is sometimes believed that the order in which a child is born in plays a significant role in how the child will act in life. The birth order theory has four birth order personalities, first born, second born, the only child, and youngest. I grew up in a large family of five sisters, and one brother. I was the baby or last born for about five years before my youngest sister…

was Erik Erikson who created the theory that each stage of the human life cycle comes with its own psychosocial task or crisis that needs resolution. I interviewed four individuals in relation to four of the stages of Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial Development. For the adolescent stage, I interviewed Calli Sabaitis, an 18-year-old senior at High Technology High School who is facing the dilemma of identity vs. role confusion. For the young adult stage, I interviewed Kindy Budacki, a 38-year-old…

Application of Theories. There are four types of parenting styles. The first style is authoritarian parenting, second is authoritative parenting, third is neglectful parenting, the third style is indulgent parenting. According to Santrock who is the author of "Adolescence", Authoritarian parenting is a restrictive, punitive style in which the parent exhorts the adolescent to follow directions and to respect work and effort (Santrock, 2016, pg. 266). Authoritative parenting encourages…

Zürich and he died on February 17, 1827, in Brugg. The modern age of education started with him and his ideas and spirit led to the great educational reforms in Europe in the nineteenth century. His early life played a significant role in his later development and interests. The death of his father, at age thirty-three, left Pestalozzi's mother with three young children and limited financial resources. However, with the help of a faithful servant, Barbara Schmid, the two women devoted their…

from high school, he studied natural sciences, and he received his doctorate. After that, Piaget focused on the mental and cognitive development of the child, so he find a theory of mental development and cognitive. Piaget confirmed that there is a correlation between the new phase and the previous stage in the child's behavior, so he believed that cognitive development focuses on the biological and behavioral aspects. As a result, he changed his specialty to Psychology. After graduation in…