Cognitive: Level of Moral Reasoning

Question 1

Who?

Answer 1

Kohlberg

Question 2

Moral development

Answer 2

as children get older their judgement on right and wrong becomes more sophisticated
- their level of reasoning affects behaviour

Question 3

Kohlberg’s levels

Answer 3

1) preconventional
2) conventional
3) post conventianal

Question 4

Level 1: Pre conventional

Answer 4

• punishment orientation
• intrumental/ personal gain

Question 5

Level 2: conventional

Answer 5

• right according to the majority
• maintenance of social order

Question 6

Level 3: Post conventional

Answer 6

• individual rights
• morality of conscious

Question 7

How did Kohlberg come up with the levels?

Answer 7

• used a moral dilema technique (Heinz dilema)

Question 8

What level are offenders?

Answer 8

preconventional
- needto avoid punishment and gain rewards and are less mature

Question 9

Offenders are egocentric

Answer 9

often self centred and display poorer social perpective taking skills
- higher levels show the oppositve of this were they are honest, generous, and not violent

Question 10

AO3 + Research

Answer 10

PALMER AND HOLLIN
- compared moral reasoning in 322 non offenders and 126 offenders
- offenders showed less moral reasoning than non offenders

Question 11

AO3 - adrocentric bias

Answer 11

Kohlberg only used boys in vignette study yet applied to all