Cognitive Theory: My Preconventional Moral Development

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Thinking back on my childhood using the Piaget Cognitive theory to describe it I would say that in the sensorimotor stage of learning that I explored things with my hands, mouth and fingers. I was told this very often by my parents and siblings. I did suck my thumb so my fingers were very important to me. Egocentrism is something I had to definitely grow out of as a child having to learn to share with a younger sister and brother was very important in growing up. When I became a teen I still had a degree of egocentrism to deal with when it came to how I saw things in the world around me so I felt of course I was the center of everything going on. I had to learn that was not true and you have to share and understand others as well. Now that I am an adult I use my formal operational skills I try to be more logical about things I encounter and learn about on a daily basis. …show more content…

When I was good I was able to stay up later and look at TV with my Mom when I wasn’t I would have to go to bed early or have time out in the corner. The conventional moral reasoning in my teens was about being a nice girl in school. This was encouraged by both teachers and parents and the law and order orientation was instilled in me by my Mom and going to church. The post conventional moral reasoning relating to stages 5 and 6 are prominent in my life now. My own personal beliefs are very solid now and I believe very strongly that justice and equality is for