Social and Moral Development
Much of what we know about the intellectual, social and moral development of infants at birth and as they grow into adults are through the developmental theories. Some of the developmental theories are sexual development, social development and moral development. Both Jean Piaget and Lawrence Kohlberg view similarities as well as differences between the theories they each believe in regards to the development of a child social and moral development. Jean Piaget put forth the theory of cognitive development wherein he established a clear as well as a logical connection between the age factor and the child’s learning and comprehension abilities. Nonetheless, the two theorists held views that worked against each other in some aspects. Though there are various similarities between the stages of cognitive development and the stages of moral development that make both Piaget and Kohlberg’s views very interesting when applied to the learning of social and moral development. There are major differences between the two theories one being that Piaget’s theory puts stress on the cognitive development that is the development of thought processes pertaining to an infant. On the other hand, Kohlberg’s theory basically works on the moral development of a child. The work of this theorist deals with the value building and image forming processes of a child in the various stages while a child is growing into an adult. However, unlike, Piaget’s theory of a child’s development, Kohlberg’s theory has little to do with the age factor. Where Piaget’s theory is based on age ranges and four different stages, Kohlberg’s theory explains the moral development of a child with the help of distinct “levels” and six stages all together. As both theorist are analyzed the evidence will be clear and understandable by breaking down both theorists believes and statements. Piaget and Kohlberg worked on the mental processes of human beings, but Piaget focused on the learning processes and