Developmental Psychology

After taking a general look at psychology and some of its major theories, we will trace psychological thought about the human life by focusing on human development. We will look at models of human development put forward by Saint Thomas Aquinas and other Catholic philosophers, Jean Piaget, Sigmund Freud, Erik Erikson, and Lawrence Kohlberg, as well as a few others. Students will not only learn about psychology, they will also learn a lot about themselves.

Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Kohlberg Stages & Wrap-up

Stages of Development

  • Accomplished stage = peak, not absolute motive of operation
  • Believed few reached final stage
  • Moral choice closely tied to stage of cognitive development - maturation as well as learning

Holistic

Focuses on person as a whole

Humanism

  • Focuses on individual meeting full human potential
  • Absolute goodness of human person

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