How did Kohlberg organise moral development?
AFour stages in two levels
BEight stages across life
CSix stages in three levels
DThree stages in one level
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Six stages in three levels
1. Kohlberg used a stage model similar to Piaget's.
2. He proposed six stages of moral reasoning.
3. They are grouped into three levels of two stages each: preconventional, conventional and postconventional.
**Why not the others:** Eight stages across life describes Erikson's psychosocial theory.
_Source: Seifert and Sutton, Educational Psychology, 2nd ed. (2009, CC BY 3.0), Ch 3, section "Kohlberg’s morality of justice", p. 57_
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