allery'I'll help you with your homework if you share your lunch with me.' Which Kohlberg stage?
AStage 1: punishment
BStage 3: good boy/girl
CStage 4: law and order
DStage 2: self-interest
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Stage 2: self-interest
1. The reasoning is a trade: I do something for you if you do something for me.
2. Kohlberg's Stage 2 asks 'what's in it for me?' and sees fairness as an exchange of favours.
3. This 'you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours' outlook is quid pro quo.
4. So this is Stage 2, the self-interest orientation.
**Why not the others:** Stage 1 would mention punishment. Stage 3 would mention being seen as good by others.
_Source: Wikipedia, "Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development", section "Pre-conventional" (revision 1376737595)_
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