Erickson’s Psychosocial Developmental Theory emerged as an expansion of

Freud’s concept of ego. In Erickson’s Theory , specific stag of a person’s life

8fro, birth to death are formed by social influences that interacts with the
er
physical/psychological, manufacuring organism. Erickson described that as
“mutual fit of individual and environment”. Also, he is the only development
theorist who extends development through adulthood; the other theorists stop
with adolescence

Erikson further develop the

concept of ego to incorporate
qualities that expanded the
Freudian concept. He believed
the ego is the most powerful
of the three parts of the
personality (id, ego,
superego) and described the
ego as being robust and
resilient.

According to Erikson, the ego

uses a combination of inner
readiness and outer
opportunities, with a sense of
vigor and joy, to find
creative solution at each stage
of development.

This concentration of the

potential strength of the ego
empower people to deal
effectively with their
problems.
 Kohlberg's theory proposes that there are three levels of moral development, with each
level split into two stages. Kohlberg suggested that people move through these stages in
a fixed order, and that moral understanding is linked to cognitive development. The
three levels of moral reasoning include preconventional, conventional, and
postconventional.

Stages of Moral Development

Level 1 -
Preconventional
morality

Level 2 -
Conventional
morality

Level 3 -
Postconventional
morality

Kohlberg asked a series of questions such as:

Should Heinz have stolen the drug? 2. Would it change anything if Heinz did not love his wife? 3. What if the person dying was a
stranger, would it make any difference? 4. Should the police arrest the chemist for murder if the woman died?