'Kohlberg and piaget’s moral development\r'

'Elizabeth, a seven year old claw, was veto by her mother to take to the woods inwardly(a) the house or else she’ll tie her up typeface down.  One day, her little friends invited her to take over a â€Å"chasing” enlivened.   Because she was not to play inside the house, she told her friends to play outside the house.  They got bored with the game and decided to change it into hold in and seek.  Elizabeth, a very competitive child, doesn’t require to be caught by anyone.  She decided to hide inside the house keeping in mind to be as certainly as possible.But unfortunately for her, her friend Aspen, who was the seeker, motto her precede the house and followed her.  Elizabeth got nervous when she motto Aspen.   In the instant that Aspen entered the house, Elizabeth quickly ran towards the entrée but she was caught by Aspen.  They grab to each one other so that one of them efficacy reach the base first.  Bu t as they grab each other they soften into vase stand.  The vase fell and breaks. Her mother caught them.  Elizabeth told her mother that it’s not her fault and include Aspen as well.Commonly, children exhibits a pre-conventional level of way of hypothesiseing, that is,  they enter the first and second stage of Kohlberg’s six stages of moral development  (Nucci, 2002).  In stage 1, children conceived an action to be office or wrong according to the punishment their parents give them.  In stage 2, the construct developed by a child is like â€Å"you rise my back, I’ll cole yours”. For Piaget, children are more worried some the results and consequences of what they have done rather than the genuine reason underlying their action (Nucci, 2002). Applying these theories to Elizabeth’ situation, she would think of horrible situations like her mother’s going to tie her up side down.  Maybe she’ll also think of opposite scenarios like she’ll not allow her to play ever again.  Another thing, she’ll make sure that Aspen will take her punishment excessively †this is to include the â€Å"you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours”.   Obviously, the child’s age is get hold of to the stage since Elizabeth is exhibiting both the characteristics that Piaget and Kohlberg described.ReferenceNucci, L. (2002, February 15).  Studies in deterrent example Development and Education: An Overview.Retrieved September 23, 2007, from http://tigger.uic.edu/~lnucci/MoralEd/overview.html.\r\n'