FTCE Professional Education Test
Actual Questions & Verified Answers
1. Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development
Answer> The theory that holds moral reason- ing, the basis for ethical behavior,
has six identifiable developmental stages, each more adequate at responding to
moral dilemmas than its predecessor.
2. Kohlberg's Levels
Answer> Level 1. Preconventional Morality Level 11.
Convetional Morality
Level 111. Postconvetional Morality
3. Kohlberg's 6 Stages
Answer> Stage 1. Obedience and Punishment Orientation Stage 2.
,Individualism and Exchange
Stage 3. Good Interpersonal Relationships Stage
4. Maintaining the Social Order
Stage 5. Social Contract and Individual Rights
Stage 6. Universal Principles
4. Stage 1. Obedience and Punishment Orientation
Answer> The child usually responds in terms of the consequences involved,
explaining that stealing is bad "because you'll get punished." See morality as
something external to themselves, as that which the big people say they must do.
5. Stage 2. Individualism and Exchange
Answer> Children recognize that there is not just one right view that is handed
down by authorities. Different individuals have different viewpoints. Punishment is
simply a risk that one naturally wants to avoid.
6. Stage 3. Good Interpersonal Relationships
Answer> Children entering their teens see morality as more than simple deals.
They believe that people should live up to the expectations of the family and
community and behave in "good" ways.
,Stage 4. Maintaining the Social Order
Answer> The respondent becomes more broadly concerned with society as a
whole. Emphasis is on obeying laws, respecting author- ity, and performing one's
duties so that the social order is maintained.
7. Stage 5. Social Contract and Individual Rights
Answer> People begin to ask, "What makes for a good society?" They begin to
think about society in a very theoretical way, stepping back from their own society
and considering the rights and values that a society ought to be uphold.
8. Stage 6. Universal Principles
Answer> Protect certain individual rights and settle dis- putes through
democratic processes.
9. Piaget's 4 Stages of Cognitive Development
Answer> 1. Sensorimotor
Answer> (birth to about age 2)
2. Preoperational
Answer> ( begins about the time the child starts to talk to about age 7)
3. Concrete
, Answer> ( about first grade to early adolescence)
4. Formal Operations (adolescence)
10. Sensorimotor
(birth to about age 2)
Answer> Child learns about himself and his environment through motor and and
reflex actions. Thought derives from sensation and movement. Learns that he is
separate from his environment and that aspects
Actual Questions & Verified Answers
1. Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development
Answer> The theory that holds moral reason- ing, the basis for ethical behavior,
has six identifiable developmental stages, each more adequate at responding to
moral dilemmas than its predecessor.
2. Kohlberg's Levels
Answer> Level 1. Preconventional Morality Level 11.
Convetional Morality
Level 111. Postconvetional Morality
3. Kohlberg's 6 Stages
Answer> Stage 1. Obedience and Punishment Orientation Stage 2.
,Individualism and Exchange
Stage 3. Good Interpersonal Relationships Stage
4. Maintaining the Social Order
Stage 5. Social Contract and Individual Rights
Stage 6. Universal Principles
4. Stage 1. Obedience and Punishment Orientation
Answer> The child usually responds in terms of the consequences involved,
explaining that stealing is bad "because you'll get punished." See morality as
something external to themselves, as that which the big people say they must do.
5. Stage 2. Individualism and Exchange
Answer> Children recognize that there is not just one right view that is handed
down by authorities. Different individuals have different viewpoints. Punishment is
simply a risk that one naturally wants to avoid.
6. Stage 3. Good Interpersonal Relationships
Answer> Children entering their teens see morality as more than simple deals.
They believe that people should live up to the expectations of the family and
community and behave in "good" ways.
,Stage 4. Maintaining the Social Order
Answer> The respondent becomes more broadly concerned with society as a
whole. Emphasis is on obeying laws, respecting author- ity, and performing one's
duties so that the social order is maintained.
7. Stage 5. Social Contract and Individual Rights
Answer> People begin to ask, "What makes for a good society?" They begin to
think about society in a very theoretical way, stepping back from their own society
and considering the rights and values that a society ought to be uphold.
8. Stage 6. Universal Principles
Answer> Protect certain individual rights and settle dis- putes through
democratic processes.
9. Piaget's 4 Stages of Cognitive Development
Answer> 1. Sensorimotor
Answer> (birth to about age 2)
2. Preoperational
Answer> ( begins about the time the child starts to talk to about age 7)
3. Concrete
, Answer> ( about first grade to early adolescence)
4. Formal Operations (adolescence)
10. Sensorimotor
(birth to about age 2)
Answer> Child learns about himself and his environment through motor and and
reflex actions. Thought derives from sensation and movement. Learns that he is
separate from his environment and that aspects
