Self developmental theories:

These theories define how identity develops throughout life. One of the first first to work on
this was Charles Coolie, who believed that the understanding of self depends on how others
see us. Afterwards, Mead also gave his view. In his point of view identity is defined in three
stages. The first stage is called preparatory stage in which a child imitates the people around
them like a child imitates his or her mom, while cooking. The second is called the play stage
in which the child takes on the role of the people like his father’s role while playing. The last
stage is called the game stage in which the child learns that there can be multiple roles of a
person like a person can be a cook, helper, and cleaner.

Theories of Moral development:

This theory was given by Kohlberg. He wanted to understand how people understand
morals. He gave three levels to understand the concept. The first level is called
preconventional in which the child’s cognitive skills have not developed as much, so he or
she sees the world through their senses. The second level is called conventional in which
the child understands the feelings of the other person and base their morals on these
feelings. The last level is called postconventional in which the person understands the
concept of morality

Gilligan’s theory of moral development and gender

Gilligan studied both genders to understand how the understanding of morality occurs.
According to her, boys have different sense of morality and they base it on laws. Whereas,
females base their morality on care and responsibility.