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Kohlberg Flashcards

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1
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What was the methodology?

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Interviews used to collect qualitive data
Cross-cultural longitudinal study
75 participants 
10-16 and 22-28
UK, Canada, Turkey, Mexico, Taiwan
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What research method was used?

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Interviews

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How many participants were there?

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75

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What were the age ranges of the participants?

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10-16 and 22-28

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What countries did the participants come from?

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UK, Canada, Taiwan, Mexico, Turkey

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What was the procedure?

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9 moral dilemmas
Participants discussed 3
Prompted by a set of 10 open ended questions
Awnsers analysed and themes identifyed
Re-interviewed every 3 years
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How often were the participants interviewed?

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Every 3 years

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What were the findings of the study?

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Stage theory
Younger children at the preconventional level
As they got older, they were less focused on themselves
Development in Mexico and Taiwan was slower

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What stage did Kohlberg think young children were at?

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Preconventional level

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What were the conclusions?

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Stages are universal and people go through them in the same order.
Each stage is higher moral understanding
Moral discussion develops moral thinking

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What are the levels of moral development?

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Preconventional
Conventional
Postconventional

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What is the preconventional level?

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We accept the rules of authority figures and judge actions based on their concequences such as reward and punishment

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What are the stages of the preconventional level?

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Punishment and obedience orientation

Instumental purpose orientation

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What is the punishment and obedience orientation?

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Ignores the intentions of behaviour and focuses on obeying the rules due to punishment

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What is the instumental purpose orientation?

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Actions are right if they satisfy their own needs

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What is the conventional level?

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Conformity to social rules is desirable due to self interest

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What are the stages at the conventional level?

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Interpersonal cooperation

Social-order-maintaining orientation

18
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What is interpersonal cooperation?

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What is right is defined by what is expected

19
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What is the Social-order-maintaining orientation?

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What is right is established by the norms of the larger social system

20
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What is the post-conventional level?

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Morality is an abstract moral concept that applies to all societies and situations

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What are the stages of the post-conventional level?

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Social contract orientation

Universal ethical principles orientation

22
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What is the social contract orientation?

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Laws are seen as flexiable and can be changed if they are not consistant with human rights

23
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What is the Universal ethical principles orientation?

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Morality is self-chosen abstract principles that don’t always line up with laws

24
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What evaluative points can be made?

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Sampling
External validity
Social desirability
Culutral bias
Reliability
25
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Why is the sampling method used a negative thing?

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All participants weree male
Gillian: Women more concerned with caring rather than justice
He was gender biased as decisions were more to do with justice
Core principles unchallenged

26
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Who criticised his sampling?

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Gillian

27
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Why is external validity low?

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Gillian: Not based on real life situations

Hypothetical situations make little sense to young children

28
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How could social desirability bias have had an effect?

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People may describe behaviour idealistically
Those with better idealistic thinking showed more moral behaviour
15% of college students cheated on a test compared to 70% of pre-conventional children
Burton: Depends on liklihood of punishment

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What percentage of college students and pre-conventional students cheated on a test?

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College students: 15%

Pre-conventional students: 70%

30
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What did Burton argue about behaviour according to moral principles?

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Behaviour depends on liklihood of punishment

31
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How did Kohlberg avoid cultural bias?

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He changed the questions to be more relevant to the culture

32
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What was Colby’s study?

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58 American boys progressed as expected but only 10% reached stage 5 and none reached stage 6

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What was Snarey’s study?

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Meta analysis of 44 studies from 27 cultures and found 1-4 were correct stages.
Stage 5 was more common in Western cultures

A Level Psychology: C2 (Eduqas) (5 decks)

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