The entire thrust of the Jewish Rabbinic Tradition is to accept the reality of development. Behavior reflects values, and values come from the study of the Torah. (Author)

Presents a review of the literature relating to the cognitive developmental approach to morality and addresses itself to several questions raised by moral development research. (RP)

Erik Erikson has described eight stages of the healthy personality. This essay offers a revised version of the eight stages. Although most individuals develop through the eight stages, each is personally unique because patterns of fluctuation between safety and growth differ from one individual to another. (Author)

Suggests that a reexamination of the studies and research of developmental psychologists Kohlberg and Perry is needed in any examination of values education. Parallels and contrasts two theorists, and discusses the use of their schemes in studies of moral development in young adults and the phenomenon of moral regression. (Author/SMR)

Explores the relationship between the Baha'i Faith and the cognitive-developmental school of psychology to promote greater communication between members of the Baha'i Faith and the therapeutic community. Concepts compared include a developmental teleology, the stagelike nature of development, and the importance of a cognitive, or epistemic, focus.…