Theories of Piaget's Autonomous Stage and Kohlberg's Pre-Conventional Level: Understanding Life Events Development
An understanding of emotional and moral development has helped me to better understand several of my life events. Lawrence Kohlberg's first level of moral development, called the Pre-conventional Level, applies clearly to my fear of punishment after breaking and friend's mother's china. Similarly, my decision to be kind to an unpopular friend can be seen to relate to Piaget's Autonomous Stage. My tendency to introversion can also be understood as an emotional need to reduce fear in my environment. At age six, I ran away from home for three hours. I went over to play at a friend's house, where I started to play with china that my friend's mother had received as a birthday gift. While playing, the box fell, and much of the china was broken. I recall a number of feelings from this incident, including self-conscious emotions like fear, shame, guilt, anxiety, self-criticism, and fear of discipline. In this incident, my behavior and thoughts are clearly synonymous with Lawrence Kohlberg's first level of moral development, called the Pre-Conventional Level. In this level, lasting up to age nine, children tend to see an action as immor
My ability to switch between extroversion and introversion is likely related to primary emotions like anger, joy and sadness. For example, as an introvert, I can fear humiliation, making me initially quiet in large groups. It is only after I am comfortable in a group, that I can let go of this fear and speak up. My fear of discipline is most similar to Kohlberg's Stage One (Obedience and Punishment Orientation). After breaking the china, I remember feeling clearly that my actions were wrong because I would be punished. This fear of discipline, and understanding that my actions were wrong, came from my knowledge that an external authority (my friend's mother) would see my actions as wrong. While a little young to be in Piaget's Autonomous Stage (I was seven, while Piaget noted that children are usually in this stage at age 10), my behavior clearly reflects Piaget's Autonomous Stage. I understood that morality was relative and based on a goal of mutual respect and cooperation, and considering the consequences of mistreating my friend, I decided to be kind. Introverts are often shy, and have both a private and public self. They t
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