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Theory of Moral
Development
Lawrence Kohlberg
YEAR EVENT
October
born in Bronxville, New York
15, 1927
Stage 3
Interpersonal Relationships
2
Conventional
Stage 4
Maintaining Social Order
Stage 5
Social Contract & Individual Rights
3
Post-Conventional Stage 6
Universal Principles
(age 4 - 10)
a person is motivated by obedience to
authority.
commonly associated with young children
involves little thought about morality.
moral code is shaped by the standards of
adults and the consequences of following or
breaking their rules.
A. Stage 1 - Obedience & Punishment
earliest stage of moral development
Stage 1:
“I will keep quiet so that teacher won’t get mad at me.”
Stage 2:
“I will let you copy mine if you do my homework.”
(age 10 - 13)
Stage 3:
“I will buy that dress so that my friends will like me.”
Stage 4:
“You should not cut the class because it’s against
school rules.”
(adolescence - adulthood)
Stage 5:
“It is her own decision, we should just respect that.”
Stage 6:
“If abortion became legal in our country, I will be one
of the people who will be against it because it’s
against God’s Law.”
Resources:
http://psychology.about.com/od/developmentalp
sychology/a/kohlberg.htm
http://www.simplypsychology.org/kohlberg.html
http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychpedia/ko
hlberg-moral-development
http://relong.myweb.uga.edu/#who
http://tigger.uic.edu/~lnucci/MoralEd/articles/n
uccisynthesis.html
1. Who is the theorist whom Kohlberg
based his theory?
a) Carol Giligan
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Jean Piaget
d) Jerome Bruner
2. Sadie understands that it is sometimes
necessary to modify rules if the change better
serves society. At which of Kohlberg's levels
of moral development is she functioning?
a) unconventional morality
b) preconventional morality
c) conventional morality
d) postconventional morality
3. The sense of right and wrong is most
a) distributive justice
b) morality
c) empathy
d) shame
4. Which teacher is most clearly promoting moral
development in his or her students?
a) Mr. Ryan constantly points out moral dilemmas of
history to his students and engages them in
discussion as much as possible.
b) Mr. Toffer focuses his attention on the effects that
his students' misbehavior will have on themselves.
c) Ms. Gladys does not give her students reasons for
why some behaviors are wrong and others are right.
d) Ms. Elay does not intervene when her students
misbehave, thus, they learn to work out problems
amongst themselves.
5. Who was the man that stole the drug
a) Dawny
b) Heinz
c) Mickey
d) Cajigs
6. What stage of reasoning does this
a) Stage 3
b) Stage 5
c) Stage 2
d) Stage 1
7. What stage of reasoning does this
answer falls? Heinz should steal the
medicine, because everyone has a right
to live, regardless of the law.
a) Stage 3
b) Stage 5
c) Stage 2
d) Stage 1
8. What stage of reasoning does this
a) Stage 3
b) Stage 5
c) Stage 2
d) Stage 1
9. What stage of reasoning does this answer
falls? Heinz should steal the medicine,
because he will be much happier if he saves
his wife, even if he will have to serve a prison
sentence.
a) Stage 3
b) Stage 5
c) Stage 2
d) Stage 1
10. At this stage, moral judgment is