lesson 5 LAWRENCE KOHLBERG

LAWRENCE KOHLBERG

 LAWRENCE KOHLBERG

-Born: October 25, 1927

-Died: January 19,1987

-An American psychologist best known for his theory of stages of moral development.

-He used storytelling technique to tell people stories involving moral dilemmas.

KOHLBERG'S STAGES OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT

Level 1 - Pre-conventional morality

•  Occurs between 3 to 7 years.

•  Focus: SELF 

STAGE 1 : Obedience and Punishment

               The child/individual is good in order to avoid being punished. If a person  punished, they must have done wrong.

STAGE 2: Individualism and Exchange

               This stage expresses the "what's in it for me?" position in which right behavior is defined by whatever the individual believes to be in their best interest.

Level 2- Conventional Morality

          Focus: Significant of others

          - most adolescent and adults

STAGE 3: Good boy/ Good girl

              The child/individual is good in order to be seen as being a good person by others. Therefore, answers relate to the approval of others.

STAGE 4: Maintaining the social order

               The child/individual becomes aware of the wider rules of society so judgement concern obeying the rules in order to uphold the law and avoid guilt.

Level 3: Post conventional morality    

        -also known as principled level

STAGE 5: Social Contract and Individual Rights

              The child/individual becomes aware that while rules/laws might exist for good of the greatest number, there are times when they will work against the interest of particular individual.

STAGE 6: Universal Principle

               People at this stage have developed their own set of moral guidelines which may not fit the law.The principles apply to everyone.


My reflection- every stages the behavior of the peron is change base on the influence of the environment.