Lawrence Kohlberg

“Moral thought may be considered partially to generate its own data as it goes along” is a famous quote once said by Lawrence Kohlberg. Lawrence Kohlberg was an American psychologist best known for his theory of the six stages of moral development. Most people will not make it through all stages in their lifetime and it is rare for anyone to make it to stage 6. Based on this scale, I will analyze Cece from the book El Deafo by Cece Bell who is at stage four on the scale. In addition I will also…

Abstract This assignment will discuss the human development and age-related changes that happen throughout one’s life. I will discuss a few well known psychologist, which will include Sigmund Freud, Erik Erikson, Jean Piaget, and Lawrence Kohlberg, who conducted studies in human development which they classify as a progression of stages throughout life. A stage is a period being developed in which individuals display regular behavior patterns and establish various abilities.…

English writer Gilbert K. Chesterton once said "Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere". The definition of morality is the principles concerning the distinction between good and bad behavior. To simplify it, morality is how people distinguish what is right and what is wrong. Many ask how others are able to make the decision between the two, especially in hard situations. How people discern the difference between the two can fluctuate. Many factors can go into the decision a…

many characters, including Antigone, Haimon, Ismene, and Eurydice end up dead, leaving Creon as the miserable ruler of Thebes. These differences in values can be described by moral development, which can be categorized into the different stages of Lawrence Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development and Carol Gilligan’s Ethics of Care Theory. Some reach all stages, some do not, and some go down in stages. The ends justify…

impossible to achieve, but other have proven that moral development is possible. As an individual matures or is faced by a crisis that their current mode of thinking is unable to satisfactorily resolve, people move beyond their current stage. As Kohlberg believed “that humans, with the exception of sociopaths and other impaired people, have and…

Patients here at Western State Hospital (WSH) are evaluated and given the best possible treatment measure to ensure a speedy yet affective recovery. During the evaluation and assessment phase the patients are asked a variety of questions pertaining to their mental illness. Thus, the treatment team, usually the psychologist, conducts thorough inquiry into the patient’s bio, psycho, and social history, by use of the psychosocial assessment inventory form. This information is gathered from either…

dormant love between him and the archetype 1920’s golden girl Daisy Buchanan. The romantic tragedy, The Great Gatsby, delves into the lavish customs of the Roaring Twenties, while strategically exposing the lack of sound ethics and moral development. Lawrence Kohlberg’s theory on Moral Development compartmentalizes Jay Gatsby, a bombastic personality, as the least ethical persona of this specific 1920’s setting which centers around East Egg, West Egg and the Valley of Ashes. Living the 1920’s…

society value. An automous stage is also the end stage for Dewey as well. Kohlberg’s goal was to bring together these different models and create his own developmental model of moral decision making. As Dewey’s theory was completely theoretical, Kohlberg conducted various validating studies in which boys were observed longitudinally and other cross-cultural studies were…

Kohlberg’s theory of moral development was created by a man named Lawrence Kohlberg. He was a professor at Harvard, as well as a psychology. Subsequently, he decided to move into the moral education field. He believed that there are three levels of moral development; each level is divided into two individual stages. His theory was influenced by the thinking of the Swiss psychologist, Piaget; American philosopher, John Dewey; and American philosopher/ psychologist, James Mark Baldwin. These…

gender type, they gain opinions on what society deems appropriate with regards to the differences of girls and boys, men and women. According to Lawrence Kohlberg (1996) in his Cognitive Developmental Theory, children go through 3 stages of gender identity, before the age of about 7, that set the stage for their gender identity throughout life. Kohlberg states that by age 3, a basic gender identity is formed, meaning children know whether they are male or female, but still lack the knowledge of…