CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

KOHLBERG

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

As part of his additional cross-cultural sample what other nationalities did Kohlberg sample?

A	Boys from Britain, Canada, Italy and Brazil
B	Boys from Britain, Canada, Turkey, Mexico and Italy
C	Boys from Britain, Canada, Turkey, Mexico and Taiwan
D	Boys from Britain, Canada, Mexico and Brazil

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The participants were aged 10-16 years old at the start of the study and were aged 22-28 by the end. Kohlberg compared the males from the USA to those from Canada, the UK, Mexico, Turkey and Taiwan.

Detailed explanation-2: -There is cross-cultural support for Kohlberg’s theory of moral development (Gibbs, et al., 2007; Snarey, 1985). It appears that people progress through the stages in the same order; however, individuals in different cultures seem to do so at different rates.

Detailed explanation-3: -Terms in this set (20) What is the most popular example of the hypothetical conflicts that Kohlberg used to study moral development? A The prisoner’s dilemma, in which a suspect must decide whether to stay silent or confess to a crime, not knowing how their accomplice will behave.

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