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Ethical Issues Kohlberg
Underage participants (Consent)
Gaps were so long people may forget they could withdraw
Ages were public (privacy)
Sampling
Gillian (1982) - Male morality may be different to female. Gender Bias sampling.
Social Desirability
Self report can lead to desirability bias.
Burton (1976) - People only behave consistently with moral behaviours if the likelihood of punishment is low.
External Validity
Gillian (1982) - Evidence wasn’t based on real life decisions. Younger people may not understand moral dilemmas
K Procedures
every 3 years
semi structured interviews
10 hyp questions
repeated measures
findings (cross cult)
stages are universal
religions had no effect
middle class progressed quicker
Conc (K)
Children move forward when challenged by others with a higher level of moral reasoning
Case Studies
+ Data is more valid and in depth
+ Only way to gather data about certain topics
- Lacks generalisability
research validity
lab: be:gi
field: ge:bi
Ob: ge:bi
Case: ge:gi
Quasi: ge:bi
Correlational Analysis
+ little manip required as pre existing variables
- May lack internal/external validity
Content Analysis
+ High ecological validity as it is based on observations.
- Observer bias with the coding system