1. Carol Gilligan
Emily Tetz

2. Biography
Carol Gilligan was born in New York City, New York, USA, on November 28, She is a feminist and a psychologist, and is best known for her work with ethics and ethical relationships. Through her years of work she has worked with and against Lawrence Kohlberg.

4. Gilligan’s Theory on Moral Development
Carol Gilligan was the first to consider gender differences in the mental processes of males and females in moral development. Gilligan found differences between girls and boys in their feelings towards relationships, and connections with other people. Gilligan noted that girls are more concerned with relationships, and connections with other people than boys. She hypothesized that as younger children girls are more inclined towards caring, and boys are more inclined towards justice. Gilligan suggests this difference is due to gender and the child’s relationship with the mother. Gilligan asserted that women have differing moral and psychological tendencies than men. According to Gilligan, men think in terms of rules and justice and women are more inclined to think in terms of caring and relationships.

5. Experiment
Gilligan did one study that looked at the distinction between care and justice perspectives when adults were faced with real-life dilemmas. For one of the real-life dilemmas, subjects were asked to consider was a situation with a pregnant women considering an abortion. The results showed that there is an association between moral orientation and gender. Women were found to focus on care dilemmas, while men were found to men focus on justice dilemmas.

6. Time for some True or False questions!
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Time for some True or False questions!

7. Gilligan’s studies focused on the moral development of men.

8. Gilligan’s studies focused on the moral development of men.
False

9. Women’s morals are caring/relationships, while men’s are based on justice.

10. During the conventional stage in moral development, a persons goals are selfish
True

11. During the conventional stage in moral development, a persons goals are selfish
False

12. Gilligan was born in New York in 1936
True