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Lawrence Kohlberg's cognitive stage theory of the development of moral judgment
Author(s) -
Smith Alexander F.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
new directions for student services
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0695
pISSN - 0164-7970
DOI - 10.1002/ss.37119780406
Subject(s) - lawrence kohlberg's stages of moral development , moral development , moral reasoning , stage theory , psychology , cognitive development , defining issues test , period (music) , cognition , social psychology , epistemology , developmental psychology , philosophy , aesthetics , neuroscience
The college experience may be a very critical period for the development of moral reasoning because the student either will continue to hold to a conventional level of reasoning or be sufficiently jarred that he begins to question previously unquestioned beliefs.