CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

KOHLBERG

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Ken steals his sister’s candy because he wants it. He is in the ____ stage of moral development.
A
universal principles
B
naively egoistic
C
conformist
D
law & order
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -At stage 5, in contrast, people are making more of an independent effort to think out what any society ought to value. They often reason, for example, that property has little meaning without life. They are trying to determine logically what a society ought to be like (Kohlberg, 1981, pp.

Detailed explanation-2: -In Stage 1, moral reasoning is based on concepts of punishment. The child believes that if the consequence for an action is punishment, then the action was wrong. For example, they might say the man should not break into the pharmacy because the pharmacist might find him and beat him.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kohlberg identified three distinct levels of moral reasoning: preconventional, conventional, and postconventional.

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