Personality Development

CAROL GILLIGAN’S “DIFFERENT VOICE” AND THE MORALITY of Caring

CAROL GILLIGAN’S “DIFFERENT VOICE” AND THE MORALITY OF CARING

Carol Gilligan’s 1982 book “In a Different Voice” is now a classic in psychological literature. In it Gilligan challenged psychology for its narrow sexism in studying (in most cases) men and then generalising their results to both genders.

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Moral Development, Personality Development
Piaget's Theory of Moral Development

Piaget’s Theory of Moral Development

The Moral Development or development of morality is the process whereby children learn to consciously distinguish right from wrong. During early childhood, a sense of morality is born when children realise that certain behavioural patterns are regarded as good and sometimes rewarded by parents.

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Moral Development, Personality Development
FREUD's PYCHOSEXUAL STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT

The 5 Psychosexual Stages of Development

As Freud analysed his patients, he came up with the conclusion that their problems were as a result of experiences from their earlier life so he derived the theory of the psychosexual stages of development where he came up with five stages. If this progression does not occur, the individual is said to be fixated at this stage of development.

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Educational Psychology, Personality Development
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