DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
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postconventional moral reasoning.
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preconventional moral reasoning.
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concrete operational thought.
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conventional moral reasoning.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Suggesting that a poor man who stole food to feed his family was right, because human life takes precedence over rules, is an example of: postconventional moral reasoning.
Detailed explanation-2: -Definition. Postconventional morality, a concept developed largely by psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg, identifies the ethical reasoning of moral actors who make decisions based on rights, values, duties, or principles that are (or could be) universalizable.
Detailed explanation-3: -Postconventional reasoning is the final stage of Kohlberg’s model of moral reasoning, in which an individual makes choices based on their own personal beliefs, even if those beliefs are not in accordance with laws or social convention.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which statement constitutes postconventional moral reasoning? “I shouldn’t do that because it is not in the best interest of society.” Which stage of Kohlberg’s theory of moral judgment is LEAST likely to be exhibited?
Detailed explanation-5: -Explanation: Kohlberg’s three stages are preconventional (in which morality is determined by the consequences for the person), conventional (in which morality is determined by social rules), and postconventional (in which morality is determined by core values).