Cognitive Development in Chidren

Cognitive Development in Children                  Piaget suggests that children prior to the age of seven develop an objective moral orientation. They tend to evaluate the good or bad actions on the basis of the consequences of the actions (good or bad). At about the age seven, children develop a subjective moral orientation which involves evaluation of behavior in terms of whether the intentions were good or bad. This investigational method is used to determine whether children …

…By the graph in FIG 1 it holds true. The pattern of children knowing right from wrong increases dramatically as the children get older. This would prove Piaget's theory of cognitive development. My personal opinion on this is that children know right from wrong by the way their care givers teach them. If they were explained what was bad instead of just saying no the child would pick up on what was right and wrong faster.