Kohlberg
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- Kohlberg
- Aim
- investigate development in moral reasoning throughout adolescent and early adulthood, and the extent to which these changes hold true in a range of cultures
- Sample
- 75 American boys who were aged 10-16 at the start were followed at 3 year intervals through to ages 22-28
- Research method
- longitudinal study, self report. presented hypothetical moral dilemmas taken from medieval literature, 25 different moral themes.
- Procedure
- boys presented with hypothetical moral dilemmas in the form of short stories which covered 25 moral themes. ask to solve and suggest what the character in the dilemma should do.
- Level 1 (pre conventional, up to 10 years old): stage 1 punishement and obedience, stage 2 instrumental /hedonistic orientation
- Level 2 (conventional morality, early teens): stage 3 conformity, stage 4 law and order.
- Level 3 (post conventional morality, adulthood): stage 5 social contract vs. individual rights, stage 6 universal ethical principles orientation.
- Level 2 (conventional morality, early teens): stage 3 conformity, stage 4 law and order.
- Key Findings
- 50% of ppts thinking was at one single stage regardless of dilemma involved, morality changed the older they got, not all participants progressed through all the stages and reached stage 6
- Cross cultural findings
- Taiwanese boys aged 10-13 tended to give classic stage 2 responses, based on family values and would suggest stealing food is acceptable to feed his wife otherwise she would die and he has to pay for the funeral
- Mexico and Taiwan development was slower than US.
- No important differences were found in the development of moral thinking among catholics, jews, atheists, etc.
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