Kohlberg

Question 1

type of experiment

Answer 1

longitudinal study, self report

Question 2

sample

Answer 2

75 boys from Chicago, 10-16 for 12 years

later added younger children, boys/girls from other cities

Question 3

aim/ hypothesis

Answer 3

to provide evidence for his stage theory of moral development

Question 4

brief procedure

Answer 4

boys given hypothetical dilemmas, reasons for given their answers were recorded/analysed
carried these out at 3 yearly intervals

3 dilemmas “should joe refuse to give his father the money” “why/why not”

Question 5

findings/ proposed theory

Answer 5

3 levels: pre conventional, conventional, pos-conventional

6 stages: orientation towards punishment, self interest, good boy/good girl, orientation towards authority, social contract, universal ethical principle

Question 6

conclusions

Answer 6

the stages follow an invariant developmental sequence

“all movement is forward, doesn’t skip steps”

Question 7

ethical guidelines

Answer 7

very ethical, slight harm (kids asked about cancer)

Question 8

link to area

Answer 8

idea that we change overtime, stages in order

Question 9

link to key theme (moral development)

Answer 9

identifies how moral thinking changes over time