Essays Tagged: "Kohlberg"

Development Theories. Various theories and their relation to the childhood developmental process.

in the 21st century. The major developmentalists reviewed are Arnold Gesell, Jean Piaget, Lawrence Kohlberg and Erik Erikson.Erik Erikson proposed eight developmental stages as an elaboration of Freu ... ning the thinking level being utilized by an individual.Building upon the ideas of Piaget, Lawrence Kohlberg developed an expanded theory of moral development in that each Kohlberg level was keyed to ...

(10 pages) 905 0 4.3 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Write an essay to discuss Kohlberg's stages of moral development

as a developmental psychologist then turning his interest to the field of moraleducation, Lawrence Kohlberg became to be well known for his theory of moral development. His theory spurred the interes ... e children's understandings of moral concepts such as justice, rights, equality, and human welfare. Kohlberg developed his theory from the research that he conducted at Harvard's Center for Moral Educ ...

(5 pages) 257 0 4.3 Dec/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Gender Developement

h have improved the quality of understanding on how a child thinks. In terms of gender development, Kohlberg (1966) proposed there are three stages in establishing a child's development, stage one bei ... concept, that gender does not change with age or size, or by wearing make-up.There are problems for Kohlbergs theory. Older children appear to be more imitative of same sex models, whereas Kohlberg be ...

(8 pages) 364 4 4.9 Jan/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Psychology paper depicting the psycholgy exhibited in the film John Q

xample to what occurred in the movie John Q, this example was used by a psychologist by the name of Kohlberg to conduct a moral reasoning experiment. The situation in the text tells of a woman that is ... er in a very clear fashion what is known as an ethical vignette, which was introduced in the 80s by Kohlberg. As our class talked about rather extensively and the textbook touches on Kohlberg, was a f ...

(4 pages) 51 0 2.3 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Reasoning

Personal Thoughts on Kohlberg's Theory ofMoral DevelopmentName HereDateClassKohlberg's theory of moral reasoning can be d ... els and six stages. What this report is intended to do is look at these levels and situations where Kohlberg's theory may be appliedThe first stage of Kohlberg's theory is known as preconventional mor ... y if Jay will let Joey ride his bike. It's basically looked upon as a win-win situation.Level II of Kohlberg's Moral reasoning process is know as the level of conventional morality. This level can be ...

(3 pages) 185 1 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

A critical Appraisal of Kohlberg's Theory Of Moral Development

Lawrence Kohlberg was born in Bronxville, New York on October 5th in 1927. He served as a professor at Harvar ... the beginning of a life long dedication to the study of Moral Development, especially in children. Kohlberg used surveys as his major source of research methodology. He often presented subjects with ... presented subjects with moral dilemmas and would evaluate their responses along a set of criteria. Kohlberg was able to demonstrate in his studies that people progressed in their moral reasoning thro ...

(8 pages) 315 3 4.4 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

Is affirmative action really reverse discrimination? Moral examination of this issue

l system seems to be violating its own policies.Another system of moral value judgement is based on Kohlberg's theory of moral stages. Kohlberg classifies different stages of thinking and evaluates th ... es different stages of thinking and evaluates them according to their moral worth. In these stages, Kohlbergs addresses the issue of both social contract and law and order. In these stages, values of ...

(6 pages) 135 0 4.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Life-span Developmet

y own opinion with others instead of doing all the things by myself.9. Identify three criticisms of Kohlberg's stage of moral reasoning. Provide your own example of each.The three criticisms are based ... moral reasoning. Provide your own example of each.The three criticisms are based on three biases in Kohlberg's moral reasoning: age, sex, and culture. The age criticism is that Kohlberg had used only ...

(7 pages) 229 0 3.3 Aug/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Care ethics

nce to test the drugs, but also their ethical views were never being respected or noticed. Lawrence Kohlberg had described six stages of moral development. Kohlberg is biased against women by mentioni ... opment due to the lack of abstract principles. We find that men and women score very differently on Kohlberg's scale, women have a typical score of 3 and men tend to score at stages 4 and 5. Gillian a ...

(2 pages) 47 0 0.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Personal Values Development Paper

. The goal of developing values in children is to establish the capability to make sound judgments (Kohlberg, 1971). The entire process of value development is lifelong and continuous (Nucci, 2002).Pe ... e when there is no time for finding a common ground to accomplish a life-threatening task.ReferencesKohlberg, L. (1971). Stages of moral development. Retrieved February 24, 2007, from http/www.xenodoc ...

(6 pages) 618 0 3.5 Apr/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Development Of An 8 Year Old

has been raised by a single mother, which has resulted in him being very emotional at certain times.Kohlberg is a child psychologist who focused his study mainly on the moral development of children. ... entional stage which a child can comprehend and process more abstract moral and ethical principles. Kohlberg theory is based on Piaget cognitive theory. He believes that the higher levels of moral rea ...

(7 pages) 96 0 3.7 May/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays

The Moral Stages

lity and its role in my life. As my life has gradually gotten shorter, I have seen myself in all of Kohlberg's six stages of morality. Most of my younger years I think that I probably acted mostly in ... eems to be the place where I am at the most, though.The fifth stage of moral reasoning according to Kohlberg is stated in the textbook as the "social contract"� stage. The underlying point in t ...

(6 pages) 26 0 0.0 May/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Maslow And Kohlberg

Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development are based on Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs in his Theor ...

(1 pages) 37 0 0.0 Dec/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Theories of adolescence - Kohlberg

Lawrence Kohlberg (1927-1987), a professor at Harvard University, began his research as a developmental psych ... essor at Harvard University, began his research as a developmental psychologist in the early 1970s. Kohlberg is most famous for his Theory of Moral Development -based on six stages of moral reasoning. ... hese stages are classified into three levels: Pre-conventional, Conventional and Post-Conventional. Kohlberg aimed to describe the process in which people learn to discriminate from right and wrong an ...

(3 pages) 158 1 5.0 Aug/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

Psychology and psychosocial.Kohlberg's Heinz moral dilemma response. word 2007.

-just the levels.) The reasons Yes and No answers I think that Heinz should steal the drug based on Kohlberg's well known story of a moral dilemma involving morals of man for another person's life; My ... an for another person's life; My "YES" and "NO" answers are based on each of the 3 levels according Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning, preconventional, conventional, and postconventional level of m ...

(3 pages) 13 0 3.7 Apr/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Personal Values Development

advance in moral reasoning even more than younger individuals" (Nelson, K. & Trevino, L., 2004).Kohlberg, a professor at Harvard University and a developmental psychologist, believed and demonstra ... ugh studies that people progress in their moral and ethical behavior through stages (Barger, 2000). Kohlberg believed the first stage, the pre-conventional stage, generally starts out around the eleme ...

(8 pages) 162 0 3.0 Aug/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Ethics Review Article

nt perception on ethical behavior and also differences exist between ages and genders. According to Kohlberg's theory of cognitive moral development suggests that "sensitizing students to ethics can i ... : http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContentItem.do?contentType=Article&contentId=1715021Kohlberg, L. 1981, The Philosophy of Moral Development (San Francisco: Harper and Row) Retrieved on ...

(4 pages) 49 0 1.0 Dec/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management