Lcsw Exam - Kholberg's Stages Of Moral Development

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What are Kholberg's 3 stages of Moral Development?

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Level I - Preconventional Morality 4-10 years

Level II - Conventional Morality 10-13 years

Level III - Postconventional Morality - Adolescence to adulthood, not reached by most adults

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Kholberg's Preconventional Morality

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Level I - 4-10 years

Stage I:
- punishment-obedience orientation
- moral judgment is based on desire to avoid punishment

Stage 2:
- instrumental-relativist orientation
- moral judgment is based on desire to satisfy own needs

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Kholberg's Conventional Morality

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Level II - 10-13 years

Stage 3:
- good boy/nice girl orientation
- moral judgment is based on desire to avoid dislike or disapproval by others

Stage 4:
- law and order orientation
- moral judgment is based on desire to avoid censure by a legitimate authority

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Kholberg's Postconventional Morality

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Level III - adolescence to adulthood

Stage 5:
- legalistic orientation
- moral judgment is based on maintaining the respect of equals and the community, maintianing social order, and obeying democratically-determined laws

Stage 6:
- universal ethical principles orientation
- moral judgments are based only on individual's own conscience

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What are the 6 stages of Kholberg's model of moral development?

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Stage 1 - punishment/obedience - avoid punishment

Stage 2 - instrumental/relativist - satisfy own needs

Stage 3 - good boy/nice girl - avoid dislike or disapproval by others

Stage 4 - law and order - avoid censure by a legitimate authority

Stage 5 - legalistic - maintaining respect, social order, obeying democratically determined laws

Stage 6 - universal ethical principles - own conscience is only determinant