Running head: PIAGET & KOHLBERG RESEARCH ON THE COGNITIVE & MORAL DEVELOPMENT THEORIES OF JEAN PIAGET & LAWRENCE KOHLBERG DONNA O. O ’CONNOR INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF THE CARIBBEAN ABSTRACT The intention of this paper is to provide an overview of the psychological theories of Jean Piaget and Lawrence Kohlberg. While Piaget ’s perspective was psychological‚ Kholberg ’s viewpoint was psychological with emphasis placed on moral development and both theories will be compared and contrasted in this
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Television and language development in the early years: a review of the literature March 2004 Contents Preface Executive Summary 1 Introduction 2 Review findings 2.1 The relationship between television and language development in the early years 2.1.1 Children’s television Attention and comprehension Vocabulary development Expressive language development Grammar development Pre-literacy skills: phonological awareness‚ narrative and storytelling‚ knowledge of literacy
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Jane decided to look at the wallet again. While she was waiting ‚ she counts the money. There were two $10 notes. Jane was saving money for a new Barbie‚ and adding this amount to her savings would be enough to make a purchase . Now Jane has a moral dilemma: to tell her mom about the finding‚ so she can look for the owner‚ or‚ take the money and don ’t return the wallet. In this case‚ Jane already knows what is right‚ and what is wrong. She is concerned about taking the money that does not belong
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As teens transition toward adulthood‚ some have a difficult time developing into responsible adults. In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher In The Rye‚ Holden is emotionally affected by the death of his younger brother Allie which causes him to grieve and not be able to develop towards being an adult. He is expelled from multiple schools because of his failing grades which greatly disappoints his parents. Holde emotionally becomes very depressed and is does not have any close friends. He isolates himself
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According to Aristotle‚ we get moral virtue as a result of habit and none of the moral virtues arise in us by nature‚ because nothing that exists by nature can form a habit contrary to its nature. Nature has no effect on how moral virtues arise in us. Instead‚ we receive nature when we adapt‚ and therefore are made perfect by habit. A good example Aristotle uses is that we have senses before we even know how to use them. Eventually we learn how to use them by exercising them everyday. Another good
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Mrs. Grange imprisoned by her husband‚ gets a chance to speak up with a stranger Skeleton. Unfortunately he never prepares himself to save her from the situation. Mrs. Grange evidently facing a violent husband and Skeleton was not naïve to ignore the unpleasant relation of the couple. As a man he accommodates other man Grange by not interfering in his life‚ considering it a personal matter of husband and wife. Skeleton does not even think it a discrimination that husbands wants to keep his wife near
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DIFFUSING MORAL PANIC EVENTS The term moral panic is used to define events of amplified public reaction to a particular situation (Cohen‚ 2002). It is a social phenomenon characterized by the collective overreaction to an event‚ such as a crime‚ that is new or has been present long enough and suddenly sprouted (Cohen‚ 2002; Goode & Ben-Yehuda‚ 1994). According to Cohen (2005) moral panics do not date or‚ in other words‚ its generation is similar regardless of the time period and the place. Stanley
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The Changes of My Childhood and Adulthood. A few days ago‚ I had reorganized my cupboard and I found a big mysterious box hidden among old broken stuff. The box was full of photo albums and my old diaries. I very enjoyed watching these photos seeing how I have changed. But when I started reading the diaries‚ the childhood memories abruptly flushed into my mind. I sudden sadly realized that not only my physical appearance had changed but also my mentality‚ which affects to my personality
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Article Summary and Reflection Moral Dilemmas‚ Moral Strategies‚ and the Transformation of Gender Lessons from Two Generations of Work and Family Change Women seek personal development by caring for others and men care for others by sharing the rewards of independent achievement are the traditional social norm in the 20th century. In the 21st century‚ people started to question whether women and men should really be separated into two distinct‚ opposed and unchanging moral categories. Women and men now
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The Influence of Media Technology on the moral development and Self-Concept of Youth. By:Abigail Kelley Dr. Holsopple Communication Theory Table of contents Introduction The History and Development of Media/ technology The Role of Media and Technology on everyday life The effects of Media Technology on the behavior on children and teens How the media affects Self-Concept The Media’s Influence on Morality Introduction M edia plays a role in everyday life‚ and
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