Kohlberg

Question 1

Aim

Answer 1

To investigate moral development from age 10 to 28

Question 2

What design was kohlberg

Answer 2

Longitudinal

Question 3

How many participants, what ages

Answer 3

75 American boys
Started 10-16
End 22-28

Question 4

How long was the study?

Answer 4

12 years

Question 5

How often were the participants interviewed

Answer 5

Every 3 years

Question 6

How many moral themes were assessed by the dilemmas?

Answer 6

25

Question 7

What were participants asked

Answer 7

What the character in the dilemma should do

Question 8

Example of question

Answer 8

Is it better to save the life of one important person or a lot of unimportant people?

Question 9

Where else were the dilemmas presented to?

Answer 9

Young people in Taiwan and Mexico but it wasn’t longitudinal

Question 10

Why was the design said to be cross sectional?

Answer 10

Groups of Mexican and Taiwanese young people of different ages compared

Question 11

What were the three levels of moral development

Answer 11

1. Preconventional
2. Conventional
3. Post conventional

Question 12

2 stages of preconventional

Answer 12

Orientation towards punishment

Orientation towards self interest

Question 13

2 stages of conventional

Answer 13

Good boy good girl orientation

Orientation towards authority

Question 14

2 stages of postconventional

Answer 14

Social contract orientation

Orientation towards conscience and ethical principles

Question 15

How many stages did kohlberg think there were

Answer 15

6