What does Kohlberg say about how moral reasoning progresses through childhood and adolescence?
AIt depends only on adult rewards and never on cognitive growth
BIt remains a fixed trait from birth and shows no developmental change
CIt is identical across all cultures and unaffected by socialisation
DIt progresses through age-related stages tied to cognitive development
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. It progresses through age-related stages tied to cognitive development
1. The chapter cites Lawrence Kohlberg on the development of moral reasoning.
2. Kohlberg interviewed children with moral dilemma stories and asked what the characters should do.
3. He proposed that children pass through stages of moral development that are age related.
4. These stages are also tied to cognitive development as the child grows.
5. Distractor 2 contradicts the staged progression idea; distractors 3 and 4 ignore cognition and culture.
6. Hence Kohlberg's view is age-related staged progression tied to cognitive development.
_Source: NCERT Class 11 Psychology Ch 3 "Human Development", p. 52, Moral Development_
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