AP Psych - Developmental (Piaget/Kohlberg)

This theory describes how children view the world through schemata, cognitive rules we use to interpret the world

• Moral Developmental Theory

• Cognitive Developmental Theory

• Sensorimotor theory

• developmental motor theory

Part of Piaget's cognitive developmental stages, behavior is governed by the reflexes we are born with. Major challenge is to develop object permanence. (0-2 yrs)

• preoperational stage

• sensorimotor stage

• concrete stage

• formal operations stage

Part of Piaget's cognitive developmental stage, the beginning of language is the most important development at this stage. Kids are also egocentric in thinking (2-7 yrs)

• concrete stage

• preoperational stage

• sensorimotor stage

• formal operational stage

Part of Piaget's cognitive developmental stages, children learn to think more logically about complex relationships between different characteristics of objects. ( 8-12 yrs)

• concrete stage

• preoperational stage

• sensorimotor stage

• formal operations stage

Part of Piaget's cognitive developmental stages, the final stage where adult reasoning occurs.

• sensorimotor stage

• preoperational stage

• concrete stage

• formal stage

Kohlberg's Moral developmental theory stage where children focused on making decisions most likely to avoid punishment. Moral reasoning is limited

• preconventional stage

• post conventional stage

• conventional stage

Kohlberg's Moral developmental theory stage where a person examines the rights and values involved in the choice.

• preconventional stage

• post conventional stage

• conventional stage

Kohlberg's Moral developmental theory stage where children are able to move past personal gain/loss and look at the moral choice through others' eyes.

• preconventional stage

• post conventional stage

• conventional stage