Lawrence Kohlberg

27.4k citations
108 papers · 14.7k · 15 hit papers · h-index 50

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    • Education and Critical Thinking Development 25
    • Values and Moral Education 15
    • Early Childhood Education and Development 6
    • Religious Education and Schools 5

Lawrence Kohlberg

103 papers receiving 11.5k citations

Lawrence Kohlberg's Hit Papers

Psicología del desarrollo moral 1992 · 152 citations
1520+20+40Years since publication4008001.2k

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Lawrence Kohlberg
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  • Information Systems and Management 3.3k
  • Social Psychology 3.4k
  • Cognitive Neuroscience 2.9k
  • Safety Research 1.3k
  • Education 4.0k
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All Works

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Essays on moral development
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19811237
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The psychology of moral development
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19841206
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The Philosophy of Moral Development
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19821051
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The Philosophy of Moral Development Moral Stages and the Idea of Justice
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19811023
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The psychology of moral development : the nature and validity of moral stages
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1984892
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A cognitive-development analysis of children's sex-role concepts and attitudes
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1966741
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Moral development: A review of the theory
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1977479
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A cognitive-developmental analysis of children's sex role concepts and attitudes
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1966477
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Moral stages: A current formulation and a response to critics.
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1983457
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Development as the Aim of Education
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1972428
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Lawrence Kohlberg's approach to moral education
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1989425
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A Cognitive-Developmental Approach to Moral Education.
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1972374
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The Claim to Moral Adequacy of a Highest Stage of Moral Judgment
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1973344
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The Effects of Classroom Moral Discussion upon Children's Level of Moral Judgment
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1975301
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The meaning and measurement of moral development
1981256
17 1968196
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Moral Stages and Moralization : The Cognitive-Development Approach
1976185
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The measurement of moral judgment, Vol. 1: Theoretical foundations and research validation; Vol. 2: Standard issue scoring manual.
1987181
20 1968178

About Lawrence Kohlberg

Lawrence Kohlberg is a scholar working on Education, Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Information Systems and Management, having authored 108 papers that have together received 14.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Education and Critical Thinking Development (25 papers), Values and Moral Education (15 papers), Ethics in Business and Education (13 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (11 papers), Early Childhood Education and Development (6 papers), Ego Development and Educational Practices (6 papers), Religious Education and Schools (5 papers) and Ethics in medical practice (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Information Systems and Management (3.3k citations), Social Psychology (3.4k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (2.9k citations), Safety Research (1.3k citations) and Education (4.0k citations). Lawrence Kohlberg has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Israel and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Jack T. Hanford, Richard H. Hersh, Anne Colby, Charles G. Levine, Ann Higgins‐D'Alessandro, Judy Yaeger, Rheta DeVries, Carol Gilligan, Marcus Lieberman and June Louin Tapp. Their work appears in journals such as Child Development, Journal of Moral Education, Human Development, Zygon® and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

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