CHAPTER 7

KOHLBERG’S STAGE OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT

Morality – principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good or bad behavior.

Lawrence Kohlberg
- October 25, 1927 – January 19, 1987
- Was a Jewish American Psychologist born in Bronxville, New York
- Expanded on the earlier work of Cognitive Theorist of Jean Piaget to explain the moral development of
children which he believed follows a series of stages.