Lawrence Kohlberg

Examples of Lawrence Kohlberg in the following topics:

• Models of Political Socialization

  • Lawrence Kohlberg and Carol Gilligan developed their ideas further, researching how our sense of morality develops.
  • Gilligan added the dimension of gender differences to Kohlberg's theory.
  • Lawrence Kohlberg (1927–1987) was interested in how people learn to decide what is right and what is wrong.
  • At this stage, people also recognize that legality and morality do not always match up evenly (Kohlberg 1981).
  • Gilligan also recognized that Kohlberg's theory rested on the assumption that the justice perspective was the right, or better, perspective.

• Educational Psychology

  • Some of the more common theories used in educational and school psychology are Jean Piaget's theory of development and Lawrence Kohlberg's stage theory of moral development.

• Moral Development in Childhood

  • Lawrence Kohlberg focused on the development of moral judgments in children rather than on their actions.
  • He saw the child as a "moral philosopher. " Like Piaget, Kohlberg gathered his data by asking subjects questions about hypothetical stories.

• Developmental Psychology

  • Lawrence Kohlberg turned his attention to moral development: he said that we pass through three levels of moral thinking that build on our cognitive development.

• Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development

  • Lawrence Kohlberg expanded on the earlier work of cognitive theorist Jean Piaget to explain the moral development of children.
  • Kohlberg believed that moral development, like cognitive development, follows a series of stages.
  • Kohlberg emphasized that it is the way an individual reasons about a dilemma that determines positive moral development.
  • Critics argue that Kohlberg's theory cannot account for such inconsistencies.
  • Kohlberg identified three levels of moral reasoning: pre-conventional, conventional, and post-conventional.

• Kohlberg and Moral Development

• Definition and Background

  • Cooperative learning utilizes ideas of Vygotsky, Piaget, and Kohlberg in that both the individual and the social setting are active dynamics in the learning process as students attempt to imitate real-life learning.

• References

  • Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

• References

  • Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.
  • Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

• References

  • Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.Lenth, R.