Kolberg

Question 1

background

Answer 1

based on Piaget’s work on cognitive development being gained in stage.
therefore moral development could be the same, structured to biological stages.

Question 2

stage summary

Answer 2

pre-conventional level
-good/bad based on punishments/rewards
-people have valuable if they are useful
conventional level
-conform to social order
-people are valuable as they are loved
-life is sacred, as religon says it is. Maintain laws and order
post-conventional level
-decide what is right through consensis
-apply own beliefs equally and universally

Question 3

aim

Answer 3

to find evidence for his stages of moral development theory

Question 4

research methods

Answer 4

longitudinal (every 3 years for 12 years)
cross cultural, American, Mexico, Taiwan and Turkey
self report

Question 5

sample (main study)

Answer 5

75
American
boys
10-16 years old at first studied till 22-28 years old

Question 6

cross cultural sample

Answer 6

boys
aged 10-16
studied from 10-16 years old

Question 7

method summary

Answer 7

presented with moral dilemmas, asked what to do
changed in complexity with age, in accordance to ‘stages’

Question 8

age 10 moral dilemma

Answer 8

asked if 1 important person should be saved over many unimportant?

Question 9

age 13+ dilemma

Answer 9

whether a doctor should mercy kill a fatally ill woman