Research Aimed at Testing Gilligan's Versus Kohlberg's Ideas About Moral

question 5

Multiple Choice

Research aimed at testing Gilligan's versus Kohlberg's ideas about moral development has found that

• A) boys are more likely to use "justice" reasoning, and girls are more likely to use "care" reasoning.
• B) there are no differences between boys and girls in Gilligan's types of moral reasoning.
• C) the sex differences Gilligan hypothesized only occur among children.
• D) Kohlberg's research seriously distorted the differences between boys and girls in moral reasoning.
• E) Gilligan had reversed the reasoning of males and females.

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