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Kohlberg & Moral Reasoning

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10 questions
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  • Q1
    Everyone eventually reaches or achieves the last stage of moral development?
    false
    true
    45s
  • Q2
    If a child is really good because they want to avoid punishment, which stage of moral development are the students likely in?
    post-conventional
    sainthood
    pre-conventional
    conventional
    45s
  • Q3
    In this stage, moral judgment is often based on wanting justice for the greater good.
    post-conventional
    pre-conventional
    conventional
    45s
  • Q4
    In this stage, a strong sense of human rights, justice, and equality are most important to an individual.
    conventional
    post-conventional
    pre-conventional
    post-conventional and pre-conventional
    45s
  • Q5
    According to Kohlberg, most people will reach the highest stage of moral development.
    true
    false
    45s
  • Q6
    Carol Gilligan asserted that one of the weaknesses of Kohlberg's theory is that it is...
    ethnocentric
    androcentric
    autocentric
    epicentric
    45s
  • Q7
    What method of research did Kohlberg use to gather data?
    interviews with teachers
    interviews with parents
    surveys of children
    moral dilemmas in the form of storytelling
    45s
  • Q8
    One criticism of the Heinz dilemma that Kohlberg used to establish his theory is that it lacked which of the following?
    moral validity
    ecological validity
    internal validity
    45s
  • Q9
    Another criticism of Kohlber'gs Theory is that it is androcentric. What does this mean>
    the stages reflected male definitions of morality
    the stages reflected no gender-related definitions of morality
    the stages reflected female definitions of morality
    45s
  • Q10
    The most important reason for understanding the theory of moral development is so that teachers can...
    help to guide and shape the moral character of their students and prepare them for civic life
    design punishment plans for the classroom
    lessen risky behavior and prevent students from incarceration
    45s

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