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Kohlberg’s moral ladder- as moral development progresses, the focus of concern moves from the self to the wider social world. Kohlberg contended that post-conventional moral thinking, embodied by Martin Luther King Jr. may be rejected by those who do not comprehend it.
80% of teens said yes to “I would choose my life the way it is right now. About 20% agreed that “I wish I were with someone else” and 28% often said I wonder why I exist.”

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1. Sensorimotor
2. Preoperational
3. Concrete
4. Formal operational
(Object permanence)

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The process of assimilation involves incorporating new experiences into our current understanding (schema) the process of adjusting a schema and modifying it is called accommodation.

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Earliest age of conscious memory is around 3 1/2 years. A 5 year old has sense of self and an increased long term memory.

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Maturation- biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience
Schemas- these are mental molds into which we pour our experiences.
Sensorimotor- stage babies take in the world- through looking, hearing, touching, mouthing and grasping.
Object performance- objects that are out of sight are also out of mind.

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The developing brain cortex actually overproduces neurons, with the number peaking at 28 weeks and then subsiding to a stable 23 billion or so at birth.
- From ages 3-6, the brains neural network is sprouting most rapidly in the frontal lobes.
The association areas of the cortex- those linked with thinking, memory, and language are the last brain areas to develop. Fiber pathways supporting language and agility proliferate into puberty.