When people move from adolescence to adulthood, they reevaluate their moral standards and move from moral decision-making based on authority to standards based on their personal principles. This is an example of _________.

As any individual moves from adolescence to adulthood, he or she experiences a profound and intensive psychological and emotional transformation.
Moving to adulthood also implies certain changes or modification in the decision making processes or mechanisms and cognitive and discretionary principles of an individual.
As advocated by Evolving Sexual Theory of Philosophy,compared to adolescence, the decision making and discretionary processes and procedures of any individual involves more of personal choices,preferences,mindsets and thought processes. This can also be biologically driven by certain hormonal and physical changes in the individual.
The adolescent mind is primarily driven various moral and ethical standards that are taught by or acquired from the surrounding environment. However, certain intensive changes in the hormonal functioning,sexual evolution and psychological,emotional and cognitive maturity develops personal judgments and principles which eventually dictates the decision making procedures during the adulthood phase.