KOHLBERG'S THEORY OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT

1. In the context of Kohlberg’s stages of moral reasoning, under which stage would the given typical response of a child fall? “Your parents will be proud of you if you are honest. So you should be honest.”  [Child Development and Pedagogy] 
A. Social contract orientation 
B. Good girl-good boy orientation
C. Law and order orientation 
D. Punishment-obedience orientation
Answer: B

2. Kohlberg has given     [Child Development and Pedagogy] 
A. the stages of cognitive development 
B. the stages of physical development 
C. the stages of emotional development 
D. the stages of moral development
 Answer:D

3. According to the pre-conventional level of Kohlberg’s theory, to which of the following would an individual turn when making a moral decision?  [Child Development and Pedagogy] 
A. Personal needs and desires 
B. Individual values 
C. Family expectations 
D. Potential punishment involved
 Answer:D

4. Lawrence Kohlberg’s theory of moral reasoning has been criticized on several counts. Which of the following statements is correct in the context of this criticism?
[Child Development and Pedagogy] 
A. Kohlberg has based his study primarily on a male sample.  
B. Kohlberg has not given typical responses to each stage of moral reasoning. 
C. Kohlberg has duplicated Piaget’s methods of arriving at his theoretical framework. 
D. Kohlberg’s theory does not focus on children’s responses.
 Answer:A
 
 5. According to Kohlberg, a teacher can instill moral values in children by
[Child Development and Pedagogy] 
A. giving importance to religious teachings 
B. laying clear rules of behavior 
C. involving them in discussions on moral issues  
D. giving strict instruction
Answer:C

6. According to Kohlberg, the thinking process involved in judgments about questions of right and wrong is called    [Child Development and Pedagogy] 
A. Moral reasoning  
B. Moral realism 
C. Moral dilemma 
D. Morality co-operation
Answer:A

7. In Lawrence Kohlberg’s theory, which level signifies the absence of morality in the true sense?
[Child Development and Pedagogy] 
A. Level III 
B. Level IV 
C. Level I  
D. Level II
Answer:C 

8. A teacher says to her class, “As individual assignments are designed to help individual students learn more effectively, all students should complete assignments prescribed without any assistance.” She is referring to which of the following stages of Kohlberg’s moral development?
[Child Development and Pedagogy] 
A. Conventional stage 4 law and order  
B. Post-conventional stage 5 social contract 
C. Pre-conventional stage 1 punishment avoidance 
D. Pre-conventional stage 2 individualism and exchange
Answer:A

9. Which of the following is a characteristic of Kohlberg’s stages of moral development?
[Child Development and Pedagogy] 
A. Variable sequence of stages 
B. Stages are isolated responses and not general pattern 
C. Universal sequences of stages across all cultures  
D. Stages proceed in a non-hierarchic manner
Answer:C

 10. Karnail Singh does not pay income tax despite legal procedures and expenses. He thinks that he cannot support a corrupt government which spends millions of rupees in building unnecessary dams. He is probably in which state of Kohlberg’s stages of moral development
[Child Development and Pedagogy]  
A. Conventional 
B. Post Conventional
C. Pre Conventional 
D. Para Conventional
 Answer:B

11. According to Kohlberg. at which level, morality is externally controlled?
[Child Development and Pedagogy]  
A. Pre-conventional level  
B. Conventional level 
C. Post-conventional level 
D. None of the above
 Answer:A

12. A child reasons- ‘You do this for me and I’ll do that for you.’ In which stage of Kohlberg’s moral reasoning would this child fall?   [Child Development and Pedagogy] 
A. The ‘good boy-good girl’ orientation  
B. The social-contract orientation 
C. The instrumental purpose orientation 
D. The punishment and obedience orientation
Answer:A

13. According to Kohlberg the level in which child’s morality is controlled by fear of punishment is called   [Child Development and Pedagogy] 
A. Pre-moral stage 
B. Conventional moral level  
C. Self-accepted moral stage 
D. Morality leve
 Answer:B

14. Kohlberg Theory of development is concerned with    [Child Development and Pedagogy] 
A. Language Development  
B. Social Development 
C. Moral Development 
D. Physical Development
Answer:A