Kohlberg

• Whose study is it?

  Kohlberg
• Which area of Psychology?

  Developmental
• Developmental assumptions


  Behaviour develops with age and experience.

  
  

  Development may be social, cognitive or biological.
• Key Theme


  Moral development
• Aim (2)


  To investigate moral development during adolescence and adulthood.

  
  

  To investigate differences in moral development across cultures.
• Type of study?


  Longitudinal - USA

  
  

  (cross-sectional)

  (cross-cultural: Mexico, Taiwan, Malaysia, Canada, UK, Turkey)
• Disadvantage of method


  Sample attrition
• Sample


  75 American boys
• Procedure


  - Ps were interviewed for 12 years at 3 year intervals

  - Ps were presented with moral dilemma and were asked what the character should do

  - The same moral dilemmas were presented to people in Taiwan and Mexico
• What type of data was collected?

  Qualitative
• Conclusions


  Moral development occurs in the same sequence across all cultures.

  
  

  Kohlberg's theory of moral development.