1. Social, Moral, and Emotional
Development
Dr. Jennifer Irwin
EDU 620: Module 3
Chapter 3

2. Types of Development
 Now, we continue our discussion of
development with module 3.
Module 2:
 Cognitive
 Language & Literacy
Module 3:
 Moral
 Social & Emotional

3. Types of Development
 Again, please keep in mind these basic principles of development:
2. Development proceeds in a somewhat orderly
and predictable pattern (although this has been
debated)
3. Different children develop at different rates
4. Periods of relatively rapid growth (spurts) may
appear between periods of slower growth
(plateaus)
5. Developments is continually affected by both
nature (heredity) and nurture (environment)

4. Please note:
 Important vocabulary from the chapter
(which is listed on the overview for this
module) will be underlined throughout this
presentation.
 Also, be sure to continue adding
information from modules 2 and 3 to your
Student Development Study Guide.

5. Erikson’s Stages of
Psychosocial Development
1. Trust vs. Mistrust (0 - 18 months)
Infant’s needs need to be satisfied, if not, infant
develops mistrust for caregivers & others
2. Autonomy vs. Doubt (18 months – 2 years)
Child has natural desire to be independent and do
things for themselves. If not, child feels
powerless, restricted and doubtful of their ability
3. Initiative vs. Guilt (3 – 6 years)
Child has natural curiosity to seek, explore and
understand the world around them. If not, child
feels guilty about natural urges to explore, be
curious, etc.
4. Industry vs. Inferiority (6 – 12 years)
Child desires to be successful and industrious, if
not, child has feelings of inadequacy

6. Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial
Development (cont.)
5. Identity vs. Role Confusion (12-18 years)
Person is discovering themselves educationally,
occupationally, emotionally, socially, and sexually. If
not, person is confused about their place or role in
society
6. Intimacy vs. Isolation (Young adulthood)
Person establishes growth relationships with others, if
not, person goes into isolation to escape relationship
failures
7. Generativity vs. Self-Absorption (Middle adulthood)
Person has interest in guiding others and contributing to
the greater good of society. If not, person may feel
stagnate & lead to self-absorption.
8. Integrity vs. Despair (Late adulthood)
Person reflects on life and accepts life’s
accomplishments, failures, and choices. If not, regret
leads to despair.

7. Pause, practice, and apply
Who do you know who fits into each of one of
Erickson’s stages of psychosocial development?
Where do you fit in?

8. Moral Development
 For moral development, we will learn
about Kohlberg’s stages as well as Piaget’s
(yes, he had a theory of moral
development too … busy guy!)

9. First, think about this:
 How do we learn what is morally right or
wrong?
 Do our morals change over time?
 If yes, how or why do our morals change?

10. Piaget’s Theory of Moral
Development
Heteronomous
(Young stage)
Rules are automatic and inflexible
Autonomous
(Older stage; 10+ years)
Rules are changeable and situation
dependent

11. Cartoons created by former ed. psych. student

12. Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral
Reasoning
 Refer to chapter 3 for
a description of each
stage, but before you
do ask yourself what
you would do if you
were “Heinz” …
This is Kohlberg, not Heinz 

13. The Heinz Dilemma (what Kohlberg used to
develop his theory)
A woman was near death from a special kind of cancer.
There was one drug that the doctors thought might save
her. It was a form of radium that a druggist in the same
town had recently discovered. The drug was expensive
to make, but the druggist was charging ten times what
the drug cost him to produce. He paid $200 for the
radium and charged $2,000 for a small dose of the drug.
The sick woman's husband, Heinz, went to everyone he
knew to borrow the money, but he could only get
together about $1,000 which is half of what it cost. He
told the druggist that his wife was dying and asked him
to sell it cheaper or let him pay later. But the druggist
said: "No, I discovered the drug and I'm going to make
money from it." So Heinz got desperate and broke into
the man's store to steal the drug for his wife.
Should Heinz have broken into the laboratory to steal the
drug for his wife? Why or why not?

14. Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral
Reasoning
 Level 1: Preconventional Morality
 Stage 1
 Stage 2
 Level 2: Conventional Morality
 Stage 3
 Stage 4
 Level 3: Postconventional Morality
 Stage 5
 Stage 6

15. Pause, practice, and apply
In which stage of Kohlberg’s
Moral Reasoning are you?
In which stage is your best friend?
Can you think of a time where you
witnessed heteronomous-type
thinking/moral development?

16. Social & Emotional Development
Be sure you are familiar with the following terms. Please add
the definitions to your Student Development study
guide:
 Types of play (solitary, parallel, associative, cooperative)
 Self-concept
 Self-esteem
 Prosocial behavior
 Social comparison
 Marcia’s identity statuses (LOVE this theory! Great for
the Real Me! Project)

17. For more clarification or additional
information, review chapter 3, ask a
classmate or contact the instructor
Also, I hope you’re thinking
of some great ideas for your
Real Me! Project!