Moral Development

Daniela BonattiIntroduction to PsychologySt. Paul’s School for Girls

3 May, 2010

Morality•Sense of right and wrong•Way to deal with dilemmas

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Identity Formation

•Formation of a distinct persisting personality•Stage theories•Sigmund Freud•Erik Erikson•Jean Piaget•Lawrence Kohlberg

Jean Piaget•Four-stage theory on Cognitive development•Sensorimotor•Preoperational•Concrete Operational•Formal Operational

Lawrence Kohlberg•Theory on Moral Judgment and Moral Reasoning•Heinz Dilemma

Lawrence Kohlberg•Pre-Conventional•Obedience•Self-interest

•Conventional•Conformity•Law and Order

•Post-Conventional•Human Rights•Universal ethical principles

Lawrence Kohlberg•Virtue •Criticism•Formal reasoning Moral Action ?•Not culturally neutral•Focused on Males

Carol Gilligan•Studied Women•Called Kohlberg’s study “androcentric”•Abortion Study•Ethics of Caring

Eric Erikson•Adolescence: Normative Conflict (Identity vs. Confusion)•Eight-Stage Theory on social development (influenced by Freud)

James E. Marcia

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No Diffusion Moratorium

Yes Foreclosure Identity achieved

•Adolescent psychological development•Adolescence is neither identity resolution or confusion•Theory of Identity achievement

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