Jean Piaget Moral Development Stages. His resulting theory identifies two distinct stages of moral development. Birth to 2 years. Ages 12 and up. His theory focuses not only on understanding how children acquire knowledge but also on understanding the nature of intelligence.
Piaget states that this occurs in younger children in part because of their cognitive development. Heteronomous morality in the first stage of moral development children follow strict rules and are completely obedient to authority. 1 piaget s stages are. Birth to 2 years. Piaget believed that child development is based on challenges. Ages 2 to 7.
His resulting theory identifies two distinct stages of moral development.
1 piaget s stages are. Heteronomous morality in the first stage of moral development children follow strict rules and are completely obedient to authority. Ages 7 to 11. Piaget 1932 was principally interested not in what children do i e in whether they break rules or not but in what they think. His resulting theory identifies two distinct stages of moral development. 1 piaget s stages are.