Kohlberg Moral Stages
Stage 1: Obedience and Avoiding Punishment
-Premoral Level (can been seen in infants)
-Infants are self centered so they do only what pleases them and don't really care if its right as long as they can get away with it
Example: A little baby really wants to watch tv but he isn't allowed so he creates a ruckus and starts crying
Stage 2: Self-Interest
-Premoral Level (can be seen in preschoolers)
-Preschoolers are said to realize that other people have needs but still consider themselves with the highest priorities at this stage
-Kids' focus at this age shifts from punishments to rewards
Example: Kid starts screaming and yelling in the store for a toy they want, mindless to others around them
Stage 3: Conformity and Interpersonal Accord
-Conventional Level (can be see in the beginning years of school)
-aka "Good girl/boy"
-Attitude shifts from being self centered to wanting to be liked by everyone, so starts doing things to please others and maintain interpersonal relations with new friends
Stage 5: Social Contract
Stage 6: Universal Principles
Stage 4: Authority and Social Order
"Law and Order"
-Conventional Level (can be seen 4h, 5th grade)
-Kids start to look to society and adapt on behavior and actions followed by majority (social order)
-Principle Level (starts to show in teens)
-Teens understand that rules can be bent when necessary (Utilitarian)
-Looks at mutual benefits
-Principle Level (shows in adults)
-Notices how communication affects one
-Says that morality is based on interactions and are looked past the mutual benefits