AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Carol Gilligan was one of Kohlberg’s research assistants. She believed that Kohlberg’s theory was inherently biased against women. Gilligan suggests that the biggest reason that there is a gender bias in Kohlberg’s theory is that males tend to focus on logic and rules.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kohlberg pursues development of universal abstract moral principles while Gilligan’s moral reasoning is contextual and grounded with a goal of taking ethical actions that preserve both the self and relationships with others.

Detailed explanation-3: -Carol Gilligan, (born November 28, 1936, New York, New York, U.S.), American developmental psychologist best known for her research into the moral development of girls and women.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gilligan suggests that these findings reveal a gender bias, not that females are less mature than boys. Men and women follow different voices. Men tend to organize social relationships in a hierarchical order and subscribe to a morality of rights.