KOHLBERG'S 6 STAGES OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT

STAGE I TITLES

• DIFFERENCES ARE GOOD-RIGHT?
•  PUNISHMENT AND OBEDIENCE:  Might Makes Right  
• THE BEGINNING-AND THE END
• NONE OF THESE

QUESTIONS FROM STAGE 1

• WHY IS THERE AIR?  HOW CAN I SUCCEED?
• WHY AM I STILL SHORT?  WHY IS THE UNIVERSE SO BIG?
• WHY AM I ANGRY?  WHY DON'T IHAVE FRIENDS?
• What must I do to avoid punishment? What can I do to force my will upon  others?
  

STAGE 1 & 2 - AGES?

• 18-21
• 21-65
• 3-6
• UP TO 10-13

STAGE 2 QUESTIONS

• How can I help others?  how can I help society?
• What's in it for me? What must I do to avoid pain, gain pleasure?
• How do I fit in?  How can I curry favor?
• none of these

Stage 3 titles

• : INTERPERSONAL (TRIBAL) CONFORMITY:  Good Boy/Good Girl
• Intrapersonal relations-self worth
• individuals do not want to gain approval of others
• all of these

The focus of conventional morality is

• significant others
• the "tryanny of the THEY"
• acceptance of the standards and rule of one's group
• all of these

Stage 3 questions

• Why can't I be in charge?  Why am I not rich?
• Why do  I not fit in?  How can I?
• QUESTION: What must I do to be seen as a good boy/girl (socially acceptable)?
• all of these

Stagae 4 titles

•  LAW AND ORDER (SOCIETAL CONFORMITY): The Good Citizen
• Non-conformity;  being unique
• existential beliefs; sociopathic  behavior
• non of these

Stage 4 people

•  seldom question authority figures
• question authority figures
• question no one
• question everyone 

A stage 4 question might  be

• What do I do here?
• I am insecure
• What if everyone did that?
• I am proud