ste -A There was a poor man named Heinz whose wife was dying of cancer. There wa
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ste -A There was a poor man named Heinz whose wife was dying of cancer. There was a doctor who had the medicine to make his wife better, but Heinz did not have enough money to buy it. Heinz went to everyone he knew to borrow the money, but he could only get together about half of what it cost. He told the doctor that his wife was dying and asked him to sell it cheaper or let him pay later. But the doctor said, "NO." Heinz got desperate and broke into the doctor's office to steal the medicine for his wife. Should the husband have done that? Why/Why not? According to Piaget what stage of cognitive development is he/she in? Support your answer. According to Kohlberg what stage of moral reasoning is the interviewee exemplifying? Support your answer. Identify one strength and one limitation of Piaget's theory Identify one strength and one limitation of Kohlberg's theony . To what extent do you believe these theories align with the response(s) the interviewee provided? IFExplanation / Answer
1. According to Piaget, the person is in the formal operational stage of development. The formal operational stage is seen above the age of 11 years. During this phase, the person gains hypothetical, theoretical as well as counter factual thought process. A person develops reasoning and abstract logic. There may be planning as well as strategy. When a person learns a concept in one context, it could be carried over to another.
2. Kohlberg’s stages of moral reasoning in which the person is in us of the universal principles. In this stage, morality is on the basis of the principles that would be transcending through mutual benefit. In this case, the husband has the mutual benefit of love from his wife. And when he would be obtaining medicines for his wife at lower rates, her life would be saved.
3. Strength and limitation of piaget’s theory is:
Pro: it has hugely impacted the education system with development of instructional strategies through a supportive environment.
Cons: the research methods were not reliable and the sample was biased.
4. Pros of kohlberg’s theory are real world conflict or variable end points or variable rates.
Cons of this theory is that there were no hard stages or there was no empirical data in the 6th stage.
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