DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

Developmental Psychology



Developmental Psychology

Discussion

I have undertaken the two psychological theories that are Jean Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development and Lawrence Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development in order to describe the range of changes that occur during the entire life of the human beings as they go through each stage of their lives. These theories can also help in highlighting the different stages in a particular phase of human life such as the developmental changes during the childhood, changes in the school time period and the series of changes during the job and so on.

This study aims at highlighting the developmental changes during the specific time period of a person. For this purpose, I have taken an interview with my colleague and asked him about the developmental event and how those events led him towards the progression and succession.

I have tried to analyze the experience of the person as if how a person defines his professional life and describes the developmental stages. After the interview, the discussion with the participant has been analyzed based on the both of the psychologists' theories to understand the developmental process of the participant. I have taken an interview with the person who has been doing job for about eight years. He shared his experience as compared to the pre job situation and the post job situation and how he went through the each stage of his career life while learning the different techniques and norms in sustaining in the organization. He shared his experience and related each stage with the developmental process.

The respondent described his developmental events in his professional life and how he managed to cope up with the stressful events and came out of the difficult times while learning the different skills at each stage. The respondent shared his successful shift from the pre developmental stages towards the developed one. According to him, each stage was painful but he finally got the result of what he went through.

Respondent's View about the Developmental Process

The respondent was asked about the developmental changes which he felt before and after the job. He was also asked to share about his learning process and stressful events that he faces during the job and at each stage of the job and how he managed to come out of those challenges. The respondent said that when he entered in to the organization he faced series of difficulties as it was his new experience of doing job. He experienced the difficulties in adopting the organization's culture and its rules and regulations. He realized that he lacks in some skills which are necessary to meet the demand of his job. He also mentioned that he did not have any idea about the practicality of work as he only studied about the concepts of the organizational conducts.

According to him he felt the major difference in his knowledge and personality when he joined the organization as the job provided him with the vast practical knowledge and helped in acquiring ...