Our moral thought is not an innate and fixed property‚ but is a learnt attribute that changes in our lifetime with personal development. Personal development in turn‚ is dominated by cognitive development. And there are two main theories relating moral development with cognition: the first one is Piaget’s theory‚ and the second one is Kohlberg’s theory. The basic idea behind both theories is that our moral thought changes with cognitive development. What we are going to show next‚ is the relation
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Kohlberg’s Moral Development Psych/500 October 14‚ 2012 Is it morally acceptable to steal food from the wealthy to feed the poor? This was the type of question Lawrence Kohlberg‚ an American-born Harvard Professor‚ would ask of his research subjects. Dr. Kohlberg was fascinated by the cognitive development work proposed by Swiss theorist Jean Piaget (Long‚ n.d.). “Kohlberg’s work aids both our understanding of the ways in which individuals make moral decisions‚ and demands that we use a
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Culture and Moral Development Another criticism of Kohlberg’s view is that it is culturally based. A review of research on moral development in 27 countries concluded that moral reasoning is more culture-specific than Kohlberg envisioned and that Kohlberg’s scoring system does not recognize higher-level moral reasoning in certain cultural groups (Snarey‚ 1987). Examples of higher-level moral reasoning that would not be scored as such by Kohlberg’s system include values related to communal
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JDEVELOPMENT Development is based on the changes in our thoughts‚ feelings and our behaviour. If the change is lasting or relatively permanent‚ it is considered to be a developmental change. The environment can also influence our behaviour‚ feelings or thoughts‚ and change our development. Genetics can also be a factor in development. Moral development involves the gradual development of an individual’s concept of right and wrong. It includes the development of conscience religious values‚ social
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understanding of child development is the result of decades of observations and research. This has given us the knowledge to predict how children will develop in the five main areas: physical‚ communication‚ cognitive‚ social‚ emotional‚ behavioural and moral. Patterns of development can be understood in terms of sequence and rate. The sequence of development from birth to 19 years describes the order in which we expect things to happen. We use this to predict the development of a child‚ as well as
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Jean Piaget was one of the first developmental psychologists to examine the moral judgments and moral development of children. He believed that children moved from considering punishment and other consequences to considering intentions and circumstances when attempting to resolve moral conflicts. What children believe about whether an action is right or wrong depends on their level of cognition (Miller‚ 2002). Freud believed that morality was encompassed in the superego. In his view‚ morality
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Explain the difference between sequence of development and rate of development and why is this difference important. Sequence of development refers to the normal sequence in which children learn different skills‚ and the rate of development refers to the speed in which a child will develop. However‚ according to Burnham et al (2010) the difference between the sequence of development and the rate of development is that the sequence refers to the normal or expected sequence in which children learn different
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Development from 0-19 Staff Guide Diane Koplewsky March 2013 (review March 2014) CU2936 1.1 Staff Guide to child development from 0-19 (to be used with other published guidance) 1 Introduction This is a quick reference tool for the developmental processes from birth to 19 years. This should be used in conjunction with other reference material to aid with observations. The Children ’s (NI) Order 1995 and subsequent guidance stresses the importance of observing‚ recording‚ assessing
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The sequence of development is a process where an event is followed one after the another and achieves a level of succession with a series of changes or growth that a process undertakes normally to improve on that process. Leading to a matured state. In normal cases the sequence of development depends on pervious events which had happened previously. For Example a baby first starts to roll‚ thereafter 6-7 months they try to sit‚ soon after they start crawling using their legs and hands. Next
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Young Person Development Task A2 A2 1.What is the difference between sequence and rate of development? Sequence means that there is a definite pattern to a child developing e.g. a toddler being able to walk before they can run (sequence of development would be the order in which the development happens) Rate means the speed in which a child develops (rate of development is the speed at which development happens). Lets use Cognitive Development as an example. Cognitive Development is a theory
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