COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

Lawrence Kohlberg's Cognitive Development Theory

[Date of Submission]Lawrence Kohlberg's Cognitive Development Theory

Introduction

Development of moral is such a topic which both education and psychology are interested in. Lawrence Kohlberg developed one of the most popular theories which are an extension and modification of Piaget's work in the formation of a theory that explained how moral reasoning was developed.

Piaget had given a moral development process of two stages, on the other hand Kohlberg gave six stages under the umbrella of three levels. He simple extended the theory presented by Piaget and proposed that the development is an ongoing process that goes throughout ...