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Core Course II Psychology Of Learning And

Human Development

MORAL DEVELOPMENT by

JEAN PIAGET

What is Moral Development?

Moral Development: - It refers to the evolution of Moral sense

to discriminate the right and wrong, and development of character.

- Thoughts, feelings, and behaviors regarding standards of right and wrong.

JEAN PIAGET

• A Swiss developmental psychologist and philosopher

• Period: August 1896 – September 1980• Fields: Developmental Psychology, Epistemology.• He is the first psychologist in the field of human

Developmental psychology and also he influenced Lawrence Kohlberg.

Piaget’s Moral Development

Jean Piaget was one of the first Psychologist to Specifically outline a Theory of Moral Development. According to Jean Piaget, The Child is Someone who constructs his own moral world view, Who forms ideas about Right and Wrong, Fair and Unfair that are not the direct product of adult teaching. Piaget believed that Children make moral judgments based on their own observations of the world.

MORAL REALISM & MORAL RELATIVISM

Young Children are more realists who interpret the moral rules and look at the material side of the actions and their magnitude, ignoring the intentions of the acts. Only about 11- 12 year, do children become capable of moral relativism i.e. evaluating acts on the basis of intention behind them rather than the magnitude.

There are distinct our stages of Moral Development

ANOMY HETERONOMY - AUTHORITY

HETERONOMY - RCIPROCITY AUTONOMY

ANOMY STAGE

AGE : From Birth to Five Years.

Anomy Stage

• This Stage is a stage without Law. The child does not know whether the behavior is Moral or immoral.

• Age : the first five years of birth.• His each and every behavior is not guided by

moral standards.

HETERONOMY - AUTHORITY

AGE: 5 - 8 years

Heteronomy - Authority

• Children Follow strict rules and are completely obedient to authority.•Children in this stage can also judge how wrong a particular action is by its immediate consequence; punishment is seen as an automatic response to breaking a rule.•Age: 5-8 years

HETERONOMY - RECIPROCITY

AGE : 9 -13 years

Heteronomy - Reciprocity

• This stage is regulated by reciprocity which implies, “We should not do to others what will be offensive to us”.

• Age: 9 – 13• The Moral development in most of us get fixed

at this stage and may not progress ahead.

AUTONOMY STAGE

AGE : 13 -18 years

Autonomy Stage

Children Learn how to critically evaluate rules and apply them based on co-operation and respect with others. They begin to learn to take the perspective of others in this stage. Intention is also an important concept of this stageAge:13 – 18 years.

Gender and Moral Development Piaget did compare the stages of morality between the two sexes, noting both parallels and some differences. Both have stages of moral heteronomy and autonomy.He actually saw girls’ moral understanding as in some ways actually more advanced than boys’.

Conclusion

Jean piaget is the first Human developmental psychologist to define Moral development.He influenced Lawrence Kohlberg who later gave a Explained theory on Moral development.