Psychology Kolberg

Methodology

-Various students to identify moral development
-Using interviews to collect qualitative
data
-Included cross-cultural comparisons and longitudinal elements

Methodology Participants

-Studied a group of 75 American boys from age 10-16 and again between 22-28
-also studied people from Great Britain,Canada,Taiwan,Mexico and Turkey

Procedure aims

To access moral thinking Kohlberg created nine hypothetical moral dilemma's
Each dilemma presented a conflict between two moral issues
Each participant was asked to discuss prompted by a set of ten or more open ended questions

Procedure open ended questions

Should Heinz steal the drug?Why or Why not ?
If the respondent favours stealing ask
If Heinz doesn't love his wife should he steal the drug for her? Why or why not?

If the respondent favours not stealing
'Doesn't make a difference whether or not he loves his wife? Why or why not ?

Suppose the person dying is not his should he steal the drug for the stranger?Why or why not?

Procedures last bit

The boys answers were analysed and common themes were identified each boy was re-invited every three years

Heinz moral dilemma

A wife was suffering from cancer and there was a drug.a pharmacist had the drug for it but overcharged it and the wife's husband was too poor and bored money to pay for it but didn't have enough so he ended up stealing

Findings

Kohlberg identified 6 stages of moral development working from the least