PSYC 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Lawrence Kohlberg, Jean Piaget, 18 Months

• School: Binghamton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 111
• Professor: Gregory P Strauss

Document Summary

Jean piaget: maturation and interactions with environment gradually alter the way children think. Assimilation- interpreting new experiences in terms of existing mental structures without changing them. Accommodation- changing existing mental structures to explain new experiences. Proposed that people progress through 3 levels of moral development. Identity vs. confusion- development of identity: identity stages, james m- asserted that the presence or absence of crises during the identity formation stage can determine one"s identity development, moratorium- delaying commitment and engaging in experimentation with. Foreclosure- a premature commitment to a role prescribed by one"s parents different roles. Identity diffusion- state of a(cid:374)d apathy, does(cid:374)"t (cid:272)o(cid:374)fro(cid:374)t (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)it(cid:373)e(cid:374)t to a(cid:374) ideology. Identity achievement- arriving at a sense of self and direction after some consideration of alternative possibilities. Integrity vs. despair- overcoming the tendency to dwell on mistakes of the past and the imminent presence of death: adjusting to marriage (11/15)