According to Kohlberg's Cognitive Developmental Theory, the 3 stages of gender identity development are:
Basic gender identity, Gender stability, Gender consistency.
Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development: Stages
Obedience and Punishment Orientation, Individualism and Exchange, Good Interpersonal Relationships, Maintaining the Social Order, Social Contract and Individual Rights, Universal Principles
Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development: Stage 1
Punishment is tied up in the child's mind with wrongness; punishment "proves" that disobedience is wrong. Children think of what is right as that which authority says is right. Doing the right thing is obeying authority and avoiding punishment.
Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development: Stage 2
Punishment is simply a risk that one naturally wants to avoid. Children are no longer so impressed by any single authority; they see that there are different sides to any issue. Since everything is relative, one is free to pursue one's own interests, alth
Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development: Stage 3
Shift from unquestioning obedience to a relativistic outlook and to a concern for good motives. They emphasize being a good person, which basically means having helpful motives toward people close to one.
Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development: Stage 4
The respondent becomes more broadly concerned with society as a whole.
Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development: Stage 5
The respondent is working toward a conception of the good society. A smoothly functioning society is not necessarily a good one. Less concerned with maintaining society for it own sake and more concerned with the principles and values that make for a good
Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development: Stage 6
The respondent has a clearer and broader conception of universal principles, which includes justice as well as individual rights e.g., philosophers Kant and Rawls & great moral leaders such as Gandhi and Martin Luther King.
Kohlberg's view on how one progresses through stages of moral development
The stages emerge from our own thinking about moral problems. Social experiences do promote development, but they do so by stimulating our mental processes. As we get into discussions and debates with others, we find our views questioned and challenged an
gender identity
The child knows that he/she is a male/female, but the child fails to realize that gender is a constant attribute. Most 2-3 year olds had reached this stage.
Gender stability
The child knows that their gender is stable over time. i.e., boys will grow up to be men & girls will grow up to be women.
Gender consistency
The child knows a person gender stay the same regardless of changes in the person's activities or appearance. e.g., a 6 or 7 year old who has reached this stage knows a person's gender stays the same when a person dresses up like a member of the other sex
Gender identity age
Most 2-3 year olds had reached this stage.
Gender stability age
Most 4-5 year olds had reached this stage.
Gender consistency age
Most 6-7 year olds had reached this stage.
Stage 1. Obedience and Punishment Orientation
Preconventional level; Morality based on consequences, avoiding punishment
Stage 2. Individualism and Exchange.
Preconventional level; Self interest
Stage 3. Good Interpersonal Relationships.
rules obeyed for approval
conventional level; good boy/girl attitude;
Stage 4. Maintaining the Social Order.
conventional level: law and order:
Stage 5. Social Contract and Individual Rights. rules are obeyed if impartial; democratic rules are challenged if they infringe on the rights of others
postconventional level: society contract
Stage 6: Universal Principles. Individual establishes a set of his/her own rules in accordance with a personal set of ethical principles.
postconventional level: principle stage