Deck 7: Kohlbergs Stages of Moral Development

Question 1

In Kohlberg's most recent scoring manual, the stage most affected was

A) stage 2
B) stage 4
C) stage 5
D) stage 6

Answer 1

D

Question 2

A teacher tells his students they should be nice to others because they might one day want others to return favors to therm. The teacher is probably reasoning at Kohlberg's

A) stage 2
B) stage 3
C) stage 4
D) stage 5

Answer 2

A

Question 3

An emphasis on social order and organization characterizes moral thought at Kohlberg's

A) stage 3
B) stage 4
C) stage 5
D) stage 6

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Carol Gilligan's criticism of Kohlberg

A) gives strong empirical evidence for gender-bias in Kohlberg's stages
B) argues that women's morality is more relationship-oriented than men's
C) argues that the idea of a postconventional morality is gender- biased
D) all of the above

Question 5

Most urban middle class adults in the United States reason at Kohlberg's

A) stage 2
B) stage 3
C) stage 4
D) stage 5

Question 6

A person who reasons at Kohlberg's third stage is likely to say that fighting is wrong because

A) it is against the law
B) it disrupts the social order
C) it is mean and injures others
D) it violates a universal principle

Question 7

A person who justifies decisions in terms of the moral authority of his or her religious group is probably reasoning at Kohlberg's

A) stage 3
B) stage 4
C) stage 5
D) stage 6

Question 8

Studies that interview the same subjects every so often are called

A) longitudinal
B) cross-sectional
C) replicative
D) sequential

Question 9

The United States Constitution, with its rights and procedures, illustrates moral thinking at Kohlberg's

A) stage 3
B) stage 4
C) stage 5
D) stage 6

Question 10

Kohlberg said each stage in his theory

A) is more cognitively adequate than the preceding stage
B) is not more adequate, but simply a different way of thinking
C) is not more adequate, but more differentiated and hierarchically integrated
D) is not more adequate, but simply associated with age

Question 11

A person says, "You have to obey the law; otherwise you will get punished." This person is probably reasoning at Kohlberg's

A) stage 1
B) stage 2
C) stage 3
D) stage 4

Question 12

A person says, "Everyone has their own perspective on right and wrong, so just do what is best for you." This person is probably reasoning at Kohlberg's

A) stage 1
B) stage 2
C) stage 3
D) stage 4

Question 13

A person who says we ought to keep all promises out of a respect for the equal worth of all individuals is probably reasoning at Kohlberg's

A) stage 3
B) stage 4
C) stage 5
D) stage 6

Question 14

According to Kohlberg, Martin Luther King, Immanuel Kant, and John Rawls thought about moral issues at

A) stage 3
B) stage 4
C) stage 5
D) stage 6