Kohlberg's stages of moral development

Introduction What makes children develop morals? Do the environments children are surrounded by determine are a moral compass or is it a trait that we as humans are naturally born with? Moral development is defined as a process through which children develop proper attitudes and behaviors toward others in society. These behaviors can be built on social norms, cultural norms, rules, and laws (health of children). Kohlberg’s is a well know psychologist who took Jean Piaget’s theories and…

When considering Amber’s case study, many transitions and developments can be seen. Amber is introduced as a 26-year old single mother entering a Student Affairs and Higher Education program at Prescott University. Amber is a full-time employee of the university and has worked there for the past 8 years. She is close to her family and they have made many important life choices for her. She struggled with her lack of independence growing up and currently seems to struggle with her family 's view…

As the levels increase, the stages become increasingly complex. The stages are used to understand students underlying level of moral development. Since I have known Destiny for a while now, I believe that she is at the conventional stage, as most teenagers are. At the conventional stage, it is more about pleasing others rather than actually adopting their own perspective on what is right or wrong. Sometimes I can see the preconventional stage come out when talking to her or asking her…

Piaget's theory of cognitive development Jean Piaget was a Swiss scholar who argued that children are not little adults. Also, he believed that everyone is born with a natural tendency to organize the world meaningful by constructing mental models of the world called schemata. Schemata are mental models of the world that we use to guide and interpret our experiences (Nairne, 2014) Piaget’s primary contributions was to demonstrate that children’s reasoning errors can provide a window into how…

Erikson’s last stage, Ego Integrity vs. Despair describe how senior citizens explore the life from retirement perspective. During this stage, we look back our lives and analyze how it was spent. Erikson understood that if we feel remorseful, unproductive, unsuccessful and unaccomplished for the lives we spent, we could become depress, despair and unsatisfied, that could lead to hopelessness and emptiness when looking through the past. Satisfaction in this stage will lead to the path of wisdom…

Rachael, with her age and behavior falls into the third stage, learning initiative versus guilt. She makes a lot of decisions for herself such as, who she plays with and what activities they play. For example, she was telling me about all her friends at school and how she has “boyfriends” at school. She chooses who she interacts with at school. Also, on the first day I observed her the neighbor kids were over. She would only interact with the male friend and not girl. Who she decides to play…

Theories of Development and Application Stephanie Bates Argosy University General Psychology | PSY101 A03 Natasha Vannoy 9/15/2015 Abstract This assignment will discuss the human development and age-related changes that happen throughout one’s life. I will discuss a few well known psychologist, which will include Sigmund Freud, Erik Erikson, Jean Piaget, and Lawrence Kohlberg, who conducted studies in human development which they classify as a progression of…

1. Describe the role of hormones in puberty. Purity happens when hormones get released. Hormones are chemical messengers to activate puberty. 2. What is the basis of moral decisions for teens in Kohlberg’s conventional stage of development? The basis of moral decisions for teens in Kohlberg’s conventional stage of development is that decisions are based on society's expectations. That if a teen is expected to do something by their peers, then they will do it. Even if it is morally wrong. This…

Cognitive theories have a multitude of sub-theories that typically explore motivation, decision making and other internal processes. Some of these sub theories include Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development, Theories of Intelligence and Cognitive Dissonance Theory. (Cherry, "Psychology Theories (Cognitive, Behavioral & More)”). While all of these theories cover different aspects of an individual’s cognition, Cognitive Dissonance is a theory that underscore’s…

Pavel is the driving force in this inspiring narrative, he is the sun and the entire story revolves around him including his Mother, Pelageya Nilovna Vlasova. In Psychology, there is a concept known as Kohlberg’s theory of moral development, which describes three stages of morality. The first stage is called preconventional morality (before nine years old) where a person’s morality is based on their self-interests, and…