Social and Moral Developement Case Study

1. Laura's preoccupation with herself is a good example of imaginary audience, she believes that people are looking at her all the time. She could also be at a stage in her life when she wants intimacy or trying to figure out what role she plays. I thinks she's border Identity v Role Confusion and Intimacy v Isolation. Her social development is all pending (according to her) on what people think of her and how they'll interact with her.

2. For social matters, I don't know if it's a strategy but it's an activity that could help Laura gain the attention she desires. She could be encouraged to try out for the cheerleading team, any of the class student body positions or be made the school's announcer, the one that does the date, flag salute, etc. In the classroom, a teacher can use the strategy of group work and presentations in class to incorporate her with other people and have her stand and present what she's worked on.

3. I think she's in the conventional level of Kohlberg's theory because it seems to me that she reasons in her ways of thinking mostly about how it would be compared to society's view and expectation. She is always thinking about what people see her as and thinks people are always looking at her. She seems more interested in what society would tell her is right and wrong rather than what her superiors would. Mr. Marculescu could help her develop a higher level of moral reasoning by helping her see that her views are important because they're her own, she shouldn't have to worry about what society thinks.

4. A debate class is good for the development of all these attributes. First, a cognitive development because in order to debate about something you have to study about that subject. It would be very hard to debate about something you didn't know, or people could tell that you were making it up. It is good for linguistic development because you have to speak in front of multiple people who are usually waiting to dissect every word you say. With helpful critiques you can become a very linguistic person through debate. Social development through debate happens because you learn the ability to read people and read the words that are coming out of their mouths. You are exposed to a lot of people and that will help your social development. Moral development hopefully comes by winning the debates that are morally correct to you.