Week 11 post 2

Another topic of interest from reading chapter eighteen is about stages of faith and moral development. The topic of moral development goes along with my previous post talking about stereotypes and how they could be developed. Morals are defined from my understanding as the process of creating ones ideology and formation of values over time. As stated in our text that religion, past experiences, education and other items play a role in the formation of morals (Berger, 502). One example that the text lists is about individuals who go to college there moral reasoning could be tested by other individuals in the educational system with them that could possibly have different ways of thinking. From personal experience my moral reasoning and values have been tested over the course of my say college experience and knowing how to deal with certain situations. From pointed out in the text that students who are planning or are attending college say that there moral reasoning and values would deepen over there college years (Berger, 502). Have you experienced some situations that have been tough which may go against your moral reasoning or values that you were taught by our society or other individuals who influenced you? In chapter 15 it was discussed about if adolescents normally would agree or define the same religion as their parents or go in a different direction and the results found that most individuals claim the same religion as their parents. On the same lines of one defining similar religious beliefs as their parents they could develop the similar values or understanding of society which then could lead to some stereotypes. Not everyone develops stereotypes about people but once one learns/observes from others over a period of time some may develop unless they are fully exposed to everything in the world. Role models such as parents or other influential individuals help break stereotypes and also help develop moral reasoning along with values.