developmental stages

Today is Thursday and thank goodness tomorrow is Friday because I could not stick through another 90 minutes of powerpoints with Mr. Dreier. We're learning about Kohlberg's stages of moral development, and it's sort of interesting. As you can see from the visual, there are six stages of moral development according to Kohlberg. I was assigned to study stage 1, which is the youngest stage. Kids in this stage typically are blind to consequences of their decision and base their decisions solely on obedience and punishment. They do whatever they believe won't get them in trouble. So if that means lying to your parents so that they don't find out about something bad, then you must lie. The last stage is stage 6 and that is where high school kids should probably be. This stage is basically the most mature and balanced. Kids will weigh their options and read into the decision making a lot more than people who are in stage one of moral development. Stage 6'ers will reverse the situation. Basically they can see it from more than just their point of view, so they will assess the situation from the opposing person and maybe a higher figure such as a parent. That's about all. "outskies for now!!!"