children develop their general thinking skills, they're
expected to start to conform to the morality rules that
society dictates. Psychological theories of moral
development, differ immensely in their opinions on how
moral development occurs. Freud claims that the quality
of relationship the child has with his/her parent/s
greatly affects the way the child develops morally.
Whereas, the Social Learning theory states that children
initially learn how to behave morally through modelling
(imitating appropriate adult behaviour.
Cognitive-developmental theories claim that a child's
ability to reason morally depend on his/her general
thinking abilities. All of the theories, although
somewhat different from each other, help us in our plight
to understand moral development.