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Research Paper On William Perry

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William Perry’s (1968) theory of intellectual and ethical development states that college students go through four stages as well as nine positions of mental and moral development. My development as a person closely aligns with this theory. Our education system is structured in a way that from an early age one is embedded the philosophy that the professor has all the right answers to whatever question one may have. However, as one begins to develop and realize that that way of thinking is not realistic, then one starts to slowly unlearn it and move away from a dualistic way of thinking. Coming into the counseling profession and working with students, I know can see how a dualistic way of thinking is neither effective nor helpful in this profession.

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