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UNIT I
PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION

MODULE 4
Theories of Development:
KOHLBERG’S STAGES OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT

Objective:

 Summarize the stages of Kohlberg’s Moral Development know Kohlberg’s life

Kohlberg’s Life

- He enrolled at the University of Chicago and completed his degree in only one year. Then,
earned his doctorate degree in 1958. He was the assistant professor of psychology at
Yale University from 1956 until 1961. He then became an assistant, and then associate
professor of psychology and human development at the University of Chicago from 1962
until 1967.

- He became interested in Jean Piaget’s theories of moral development in children and
adolescents while studying for his doctorate degree. Piaget’s two stages of moral
development were the basis for Kohlberg’s six stages. Kohlberg’s model for moral
development and moral reasoning, while similar to Piaget’s, is more complex.

Kohlberg’s Best-Known Stories on This Study.

Heinz’s wife was dying from a particular type of cancer. Doctors said a new drug might
save her. The drug had been discovered by a local chemist, and the Heinz tried
desperately to buy some, but the chemist was charging ten times the money it cost to
make the drug, and this was much more than the Heinz could afford.

Heinz could only raise half the money, even after help from family and friends. He
explained to the chemist that his wife was dying and asked if he could have the drug
cheaper or pay the rest of the money later.

The chemist refused, saying that he had discovered the drug and was going to make
money from it. The husband was desperate to save his wife, so later that night he broke
into the chemist’s store and stole the drug.

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