AP PSYCHOLOGY

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DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

ADOLESCENCE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND EMERGING ADULTHOOD

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
To which stage of Kohlberg’s Moral development stages does this scenarios fall? In a high school student’s journal, she wrote “I am going to work harder in school so I won’t let you down because if you think I can make it then I can make it".
A
Obedience and punishment orientation
B
Individualism and exchange/Personal reward
C
Conventional morality/Good Boy or Nice girl
D
Social order/Law and order
E
Social Contract/Individual rights
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Stage 4 (Maintaining Social Order): This stage is focused on ensuring that social order is maintained. At this stage of moral development, people begin to consider society as a whole when making judgments. The focus is on maintaining law and order by following the rules, doing one’s duty, and respecting authority.

Detailed explanation-2: -Postconventional morality – rare with adolescents and few adults. Stage 5: Social Contract and Individual Rights.

Detailed explanation-3: -Postconventional morality is the third stage of moral development, and is characterized by an individuals’ understanding of universal ethical principles. These are abstract and ill-defined, but might include: the preservation of life at all costs, and the importance of human dignity.

Detailed explanation-4: -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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