GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
KOHLBERG
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Question
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People want the approval of others and act in a way to avoid disapproval.
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This stage focuses on the child’s desire to obey rules and avoid being punished.
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The right behavior is defined by whatever the individual believes to be in their best interest.
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People in this stage blindly accept rules because rules help maintain society.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Obedience and Punishment Orientation – at this stage of moral reasoning, the individual acts from a belief that if they do something wrong they will be punished, so that the best reason for avoiding doing wrong is to avoid punishment.
Detailed explanation-2: -Kohlberg calls stage 1 thinking “preconventional” because children do not yet speak as members of society. Instead, they see morality as something external to themselves, as that which the big people say they must do. What is right for Heinz, then, is what meets his own self-interests.
Detailed explanation-3: -An example of obedience and punishment driven morality would be a child refusing to do something because it is wrong and that the consequences could result in punishment. For example, a child’s classmate tries to dare the child to skip school.
Detailed explanation-4: -Stage 1: Punishment/obedience orientation Behaviour is determined by consequences. The individual will obey in order to avoid punishment.
Detailed explanation-5: -Level 1. There are two stages within this level: Stage 1 (Obedience and Punishment): The earliest stages of moral development, obedience and punishment are especially common in young children, but adults are also capable of expressing this type of reasoning.