DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
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Question
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your judgment of right and wrong in this situation
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what you would do in this situation
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whether your intended behavior in this situation is consistent with your moral judgment about it
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your reasons for whatever moral judgment you had about the situation
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Detailed explanation-1: -A moral dilemma, as developed by Kohlberg, is a fictional story where someone is faced with a situation in which they must make a difficult moral decision. The most notable is the Heinz dilemma, where a man has a wife who is on her deathbed and needs an expensive drug to survive that they cannot afford.
Detailed explanation-2: -He argued that correct moral reasoning was the most significant factor in moral decision-making, and that correct moral reasoning would lead to ethical behavior. Kohlberg believed that individuals progress through stages of moral development just as they progress through stages of cognitive development.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Heinz dilemma is a frequently used example in many ethics and morality classes. One well-known version of the dilemma, used in Lawrence Kohlberg’s stages of moral development, is stated as follows: A woman was on her deathbed. There was one drug that the doctors said would save her.
Detailed explanation-4: -Kohlberg used stories about moral dilemmas in his studies, and was interested in how people would justify their actions if they were put in a similar moral crux. He would then categorize and classify evoked responses into one of six distinct stages.