Exam 48: Moral Development

At what stage in his theory of moral development did Kohlberg introduce the notion of reciprocity?

Moral development refers to the emergence in children of universal moral standards that lead to the condemnation of certain behaviors.

__________ refers to the idea that a particular group, religion, or culture can believe something but cannot demand that everybody else agree with them.

Knowing the right answer to a moral dilemma ensures moral behavior.

School-aged children who are concrete thinkers _________.

Kohlberg found that children begin to think about moral issues at about the age of _________.

Young children (from birth to about 2 or 3 years of age) begin to learn about right and wrong from ______.

Gilligan questioned the validity of Kohlberg's theory for women based on her belief that Kohlberg's theory stressed the moral qualities of masculinity and ignored those moral qualities associated with femininity.

At what stage in the moral development model did Kohlberg believe an internal moral code needs to appear if true morality is to develop, whereby an individual makes moral decisions by way of his or her own "enlightened conscience," rather than appealing to other people for these decisions?

Lying, stealing, and cheating may indicate serious behavioral disturbances in children.

As children approach school age, they begin to understand the element of intent that differentiates dropping and breaking a dish "on purpose" versus "by accident" as a result of __________.