If Melinda's parents wanted her to think about moral judgments at a level higher than she typically uses, their best strategy to encourage her moral development would be to:
A) punish her when she made decisions based on her current level of moral reasoning, so that she would try harder
B) reward her when she made decisions based on her current level of moral reasoning, so she would feel comfortable and be able to advance in her thinking
C) suggest a solution that was at a slightly higher level of moral reasoning so she could think about this
D) simply wait until she gets older, because no kind of coaching or reward can advance the pattern of moral development an individual goes through

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Kohlberg and his colleagues set up experimental moral education classes for children and adolescents and demonstrated that moral reasoning could be taught. In the classes, Adolescents were presented with a problem and asked to give a solution. If the answer was argued at Stage 4 of Kohlberg's stages of moral development, the discussion leader suggested a Stage 5 rationale to see if the teenager thought it was a good alternative. The students almost always found that slightly more advanced reasoning was more appealing and, through repeated discussions, they sooner or later began to form judgments at higher stages.

If Melinda's Parents Wanted Her to Think About Moral Judgments