Moral Development

Question 1

Which of the following statements concerning moral development is not true? Please select the best answer from the choices provided

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What is determined as right or wrong is universally defined and agreed upon.

Question 2

Lawrence Kohlberg believed an individual’s moral behavior was an outcome of one’s current stage of cognitive development.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

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Question 3

Read the following scenario and answer the question that follows. After watching the morning news, roommates Kelly and Rob argued about whether or not a man on trial should have been sentenced to prison for robbing goods and giving to those on welfare. Rob argued that the man should not have been convicted because he broke the law for a good cause while Kelly argued that the man should be convicted because it is against the law to steal so the man's behavior was wrong. Based on Lawrence Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning which of the following statements would Kohlberg agree with?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Rob is at a higher level of moral reasoning than Kelly.

Question 4

Which of the following is a criticism of Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning? Please select the best answer from the choices provided

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Research indicates that moral development may differ across cultures.

Question 5

Individuals in the postconventional level emphasize behaving in a manner that will not cause them to be criticized by authority figures. Please select the best answer from the choices provided

Revolt · Accepted Answer

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Question 6

Read the following scenario and answer the question that follows. Marley and Soncy witnessed their classmate, Josh, get into trouble by their fourth grade teacher. Marley claimed that Josh's behavior was wrong because he hurt another student and Soncy claimed that Josh's behavior was wrong because he broke the class rules. Based on Lawrence Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning which of the following statements would Kohlberg agree with?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Marley is at a higher level of moral reasoning than Soncy.

Question 7

The __________ approach to moral development consists of identifying different ways one can behave in situations that will benefit oneself without harming others.

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utilitarian

Question 8

One who believes that wrong behavior is the behaviors that are punished is in the ___________ of moral reasoning.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

preconventional

Question 9

Which of the following statments does not represent the relationship between culture and one's moral reasoning?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

One's thought and beliefs are generally independent of cultural influences.

Question 10

Kohlberg believed people shift back and forth between the six schemas in his three levels of moral reasoning, depending on the circumstance and the person's current level of cognitive development. Please select the best answer from the choices provided

Revolt · Accepted Answer

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