Moral Development

Question 1

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

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Question 2

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 3

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

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

Question 4

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?

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

Question 5

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 6

Lawrence Kohlberg’s research involved __________ of different ages and basing his theory on their reactions and responses.

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posing hypothetical moral dilemmas to individuals

Question 7

Lawrence Kohlberg theory of moral reasoning consists of __________ levels of moral development and __________ stages.

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three . . . six

Question 8

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

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F

Question 9

Lawrence Kohlberg felt that one of the only ways individuals will accomplish the objectives in each of his six stages was to participate in __________ in small group settings.

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consensus democracy

Question 10

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

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F

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