AP PSYCHOLOGY

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

ADOLESCENCE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND EMERGING ADULTHOOD

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Jane, when asked to take out the garbage, asks, “What’s in it for me?”
A
Obedience and punishment orientation
B
Individualism and exchange/Personal reward
C
Conventional morality/Good Boy or Nice girl
D
Social Contract/Individual rights
E
Universal Principle/Ethics
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Stage 4: Maintaining the Social Order Rules and regulations are to be followed and obeyed. In the above example, the man should not steal the medicine because it is against the law. Stage four shows the moral development of a person as a part of a whole society.

Detailed explanation-2: -At stage 5, in contrast, people are making more of an independent effort to think out what any society ought to value. They often reason, for example, that property has little meaning without life. They are trying to determine logically what a society ought to be like (Kohlberg, 1981, pp.

Detailed explanation-3: -Stage 6: Universal Principles. People at this stage have developed their own set of moral guidelines which may or may not fit the law. The principles apply to everyone, and include, for example, human rights, justice, and equality.

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