DONE: Kohlberg Developmental Stages Flashcards
Child follows rules because of a need to be a good person. What is the name of the stage and age group?
Conventional Level
Stage 3: Approval Seeking
7-10 years
Study Tip: Conscience or an internal set of standards becomes important. Rules are important and must be followed to please others and be good. The nurse should keep in mind that young children may agree to participate in procedures simply because they want to comply with adults and to appear cooperative.
Follows standards of society for the good of all people. What is the name of the stage and age group?
Post-Conventional Level
Stage 5: Social Contract
12+ years
Ex. Example of a social contract is when a teenager tell their parents that they are not going to drink when they go out with your friends. But when they go out with their friends they have to decide if they want to break that social contract to follow the standards of society and fall victim to peer pressure.
Individualism. Will do something for another if that person does something for the child. What is the name of the stage and age group?
Pre-Conventional Level
Stage 2: Instrumental / Relativist
3-6 years
Child finds following rules satisfying. What is the name of the stage and age group?
Conventional Level
Stage 4: Law and Order
10-12 years
Little concept of any motivating force beyond that of their parents. What is the name of the stage and age range?
Pre-Religious Level
Infant (Birth to 18 months)
Child does right because a parent tells him or her to and also to avoid punishment. What is the name of the stage and age group?
Pre-Conventional Level
Stage 1: Punishment / Obedience Orientation
2-3 years
Study Tip: Punishment leads to obedience. Decisions are based on the desire to please others and to avoid punishment. Children can be assisted to make decisions about and to consider alternatives when available. The nurse should keep in mind that young children may agree to participate in procedures simply because they want to comply with adults and to appear cooperative.
The individual follows their own internalized ethical standards on which to base decisions. Social responsibility is recognized. Evaluating each of two different moral approaches can be considered and a decision made. What is the name of the stage and age group?
Post-Conventional Level
Stage 6: Universal Ethical
12+ years
Study Tip: Parents can be provided with information so that they can assist the children in moral judgment. Encourage talking with a child will adolescent about how you given decision was made. Period skin and information and help you learn to integrate more factors into decision-making. Talking about the presses morning and help each other do you want development. Focusing on the feelings of others, using positive discipline techniques, and clearly identifying positive and negative behaviors are important.
