Mapping Developmental Stages to Generic Labels

Integral theorists have mapped a wide range of developmental theories to show corresponding stages.

This makes it possible for educators to meaningfully compare student development across different or preferred models.

The following table is a small sample of mappings. 

 


Generic Labels
 

 Lawrence Kohlberg: Moral judgment stages Jean Piaget: Cognitive stages Robert Kegan: Self development stages Abraham Maslow: Needs stages Jane Loevinger:
Ego stages		 Kieran Egan:
Cognitive understanding stages
Pre-conventional

Centered on self, impulsive

 Egocentric Traditional Magic wish
Punishment/obedience
Naïve hedonism 		Sensory Motor
Preoperational		 Incorporative
Impulsive
Imperial		 Psychological
Safety		 Presocial
Symbiotic
Impulsive
Self-protective		 Somatic
Mythic
Conventional

Centered on group, conformist

 Ethnocentric
Sociocentric		 Modern Approval of others
Law and order
Prior rights/social contract		 Concrete Operations
Formal Operations		 Interpersonal
Formal-institutional		 Belongingness
Self-esteem		 Conformist
Conscientious		 Romantic
Post-conventional

Centered on world, autonomous

 Worldcentric Postmodern Universal -ethical/spiritual   Postformal-interindividual Self-actualisation Individualistic
Autonomous		 Philosophic
Integral   Self-transcendence Integrated Ironic

Adapted from: Wilber, K. (2000) Integral Psychology Boston: Shambhala Publications