Moral Developemnt and Self Control

Introduction

The study of the evolution of morality of man has long been considered a central problem of the social sciences. The foundation of moral development takes place during the earliest years of a child's life, just as the foundation for all later developments are laid during these early years. This paper discusses the different stages of moral development from early childhood through adolescence, while exploring how those stages of moral development are tied into and interconnected with self control and self regulation. Discussion

The formation of moral growth begins from childhood, every child is within adult person as it nurtures the development of moral and stops the hurdles and obstacle occurs in development path. During the initial phase of development young child is focused on his personal development and construction. Child requires guide and help for independence and making better choice for himself.

During teenage one is filled up with important decisions and experiences as it relates to the moral development, some important aspects of this stage of growth includes moral construction, self control and moral internalization. Teenager is dependent on these skills for making some important and effective decisions for his or her upcoming life (Hanks, pp. 43-55).

A teen faces various dilemmas on daily basis, they utilize their human relationship knowledge which helps them in providing a guide to interact with other and understand societal order. Understanding societal order provides recognizing boundaries and rules, it assists them in negotiating with dilemmas. This knowledge increases the various roles of experiment among teenager, moreover it give rise to the activities and relationships for determining the comfort zones.

Moral development includes three important components; it involves cognitive component, emotional component, and behavioral component. When youth experiences distress a typical reaction understand the feeling of guilt. The resulting emotions promotes morality, with the adoption of social norms against emotion, with such development youth think about the social understanding and experiences, it allows them to make strong judgments related to the actions of correct or wrong. When youth faces feelings and thoughts related to the moral experience, it increases the chances that youth will act in particular agreement.

There are several social and psychological theories that have been forwarded by scholars aiming at explaining how emotional, cognitive and behavioral components of moral development work together. Majority of these theories suggest the morality in humans is developed in stages. The following section is, ...