1. Lawrence
Kohlberg
By:Trevor &
Allisha

2. The theory of moral development
3 levels
6 stages
(2 stages in each level)

3. Biography
Lawrence Kohlberg was born in Bronxville, New York, in 1927, Oct 25th .
He graduated high school at the end of WWII.
He volunteered as a engineer on a ship that was carrying Jewish refugees from Europe to Palestine, in late 1940s.He did this after high school.

4. Biography Was interested in world events
Attended University of Chicago and was so smart that he excused from most of his courses, and earned his bachelor’s degree in 1948.
Got a doctors degree in 1958.
He became a professor of psychology from
He was married to Lucille Stigberg in 1955.
He had 2 sons, David and Steven.
He died in January 19th , 1987 in Massachusetts U.S.

5. 3 Levels, 6 Stages Level 1: Premoral Stage 1 : Punishment & Obedience
Meaning: small children who can not learn how to speak clearly and don’t understand commands
Or don’t understand the concept of right and wrong.

6. Cont’d Stage 2 : instindividualisme and exchange.
Meaning: in a sence of bribery. If children do sertin good things, people will be good to them. For instance, if the parent wants the child to do the right thing they will bribe them with candy, a movie, ice cream etc.
“youll only do some thing that’s right, if there's something in it for you”

7. cont’d Level 2 Stage 3 : Conventional.
Meaning: Peer pressure. People are concerned about being accepted by there social group. Fitting in the ‘cool people group’. So they do what the groups expected behavior is. Ex: Jim was a worker in the food court and skips steps in product testing. He knew what he was doing was wrong, he knew that it was against the policy, but he was willing to do it because his immediate group, like the ‘other guys’ where doing it and it was considered alright. But it really wasn't.

8. Cont’d Stage 4 : the view of the whiter society.
Meaning : your own decisions about good and bad, right and wrong. Ex. If you respect the law you’re a good person. If you don’t respect the law your considered a bad person. It’s the society that determines what's legal and illegal and that determines what's good and bad.

9. Cont’d Level 3 : the Post conventional
Stage 5 : Contractual orientation
Meaning: Our differences from others. People have there own moral principals. Also have differences with other people. Even though some people are different from each other, we still talk reasonably with each other to try and find some thing that other people can all agree on.

10. Cont’d Stage 6 : The morality of individual principles of conscience.
Meaning: Being independent. If you believe in something you'll go for it no matter what it takes.

11. Critic
Kohlberg had an interest of the theory of moral development in children and adolescents by Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget ( ).

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13. Work sites. Encyclopedia book.