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Jean Piaget Moral Development

Jean Piaget was a Swiss psychologist who studied children's cognitive and moral development. He believed that morality develops through distinct stages that correspond to stages of cognitive development. In early childhood, morality is heteronomous, meaning children see rules as absolute and obey without questioning. As children progress cognitively, their morality becomes autonomous, allowing for cooperation, mutual respect and understanding different perspectives. Piaget's theory suggests moral reasoning becomes increasingly complex as children mature.

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Jean Piaget Moral Development

Jean Piaget was a Swiss psychologist who studied children's cognitive and moral development. He believed that morality develops through distinct stages that correspond to stages of cognitive development. In early childhood, morality is heteronomous, meaning children see rules as absolute and obey without questioning. As children progress cognitively, their morality becomes autonomous, allowing for cooperation, mutual respect and understanding different perspectives. Piaget's theory suggests moral reasoning becomes increasingly complex as children mature.

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MORAL DEVELOPMENT
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Moral development is a gradual change
What is MORALITY? in the understanding of morality.

Morality is a code of
conduct that guides our Children’s ability to tell the difference
between right and wrong is a part of their moral
actions and thoughts. development process. As their understanding
and behavior toward others evolve over time,
based on our background, they apply their knowledge to make the right
culture, philosophy, or decisions even when it’s inconvenient for them
to do so.
religious beliefs.
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Piaget’s Theory of Piaget was the first psychologist to undertake a systematic study
Cognitive Development of cognitive development. His stage theory of cognitive
development explains that children’s mental abilities develop in
Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget (1896- four stages: sensorimotor, pre-operational, concrete operational,
and formal operational. Only after having mastered each one of
1980) was among the first to identify them, children can reach their full intellectual potential. 
that the way children think is inherently
different from the way adults do. Unlike
many of his predecessors, Piaget didn’t
For Piaget, children’s moral development is closely
consider children to be less intelligent related to their cognitive development. In other words,
versions of adults. They simply have a children are only capable of making advanced moral
different way of thinking.  judgments once they become cognitively mature and
see things from more than one perspective. His theory
of children’s moral development is an application of his
ideas on cognitive development. 
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Piaget’s Moral Development Stages

According to Piaget, the basis of


children’s reasoning and
judgment about rules and
punishment changes as they get
older.
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1. Heteronomous morality
Piaget suggested
2 main types of
moral thinking:

1. Heteronomous
morality

2. Autonomous
morality
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