WGU C217 Chapters 10-12

Describe an activity a child of middle childhood age might engage in that demonstrates the concept of industry (Erikson's fourth stage). Building a model airplane, constructing a tree house, cooking (make, build, work) Preconventional reasoning Kohlberg Stage 1: (Heteronomous morality) *Moral thinking is often tied to punishment. For example, children and adolescents obey adults because adults tell them to obey. Stage2:(Individualism, instrumental purpose, and exchange) *Individuals pursue their own interests but also let others do the same. Thus, what is right involves an equal exchange. People are nice to others so that others will be nice to them in return. conventional reasoning Kohlberg Stage3:(Mutual interpersonal expectations, relationships, and interpersonal conformity) *individuals value trust, caring, and loyalty to others as a basis of moral judgments. Children and adolescents often adopt their parents' moral standards at this stage, seeking to be thought of by their parents as a "good girl" or a "good boy." Stage4:(Social systems morality) *moral judgments are based on understanding the social order, law, justice, and duty