WorksheetsKohlberg's Theory of Moral Development
Total questions: 5
Worksheet time: 70secs
The earliest stages of moral development, obedience and punishment are especially common in young children, but adults are also capable of expressing this type of reasoning.
LEVEL 1. Preconventional morality
STAGE 1. Obedience and Punishment Orientation
STAGE 2. Individualism and Exchange
A social structure that emphasizes relational duties as well as societal order is viewed as desirable, and as a result, it must impact our perceptions of what is good and wrong
LEVEL 2. Conventional morality
STAGE 4. Maintaining the Social Order
STAGE 1. Obedience and Punishment Orientation
As the child/individual grows aware of society's larger rules, judgments are made about following the rules in order to uphold the law and avoid guilt.
STAGE 1. Obedience and Punishment Orientation
STAGE 6. Universal Principles
STAGE 4. Maintaining the Social Order
People at this stage have developed their own set of moral guidelines which may or may not fit the law.
STAGE 6. Universal Principles
STAGE 4. Maintaining the Social Order
LEVEL 2. Conventional morality
This level lasts until 9 years of age and children who are in preconventional morality usually recognize and believe the rules of authority figures such as parents and teachers.
LEVEL 2. Conventional morality
LEVEL 1. Preconventional morality
STAGE 1. Obedience and Punishment Orientation
