Exam 14: Moral Development

Imagine that you are a fourth-grade teacher. The parents of your students want you to include moral issues in your classroom curriculum. A few parents who have read about Kohlberg's theory of moral development want you to help the students progress to postconventional moral reasoning. You should reply by pointing out that:

When we see signs that a child feels ashamed or guilty about something that he or she has done, we can reasonably conclude that the child:

If we look at children's moral development from the perspective of Lawrence Kohlberg's stage theory, then we would expect to see which one of the following trends?

As a parent, you are committed to using induction as a way of promoting your children's moral development. You just discovered that one of your children, John, has been teasing another child every day at recess. You should respond by:

Carol Gilligan's theory of moral development differs from Lawrence Kohlberg's theory in that it: