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Part B Review Related Assigned Reading This is a case about five years and four months old girl named, Tamara who has been observed for telling many lies. In stage one; pre-conventional level of Tamara, teacher’s assessment is based on the incomplete observation on the child. Here, the teacher did not try to determine the cause of the problem with guidance approach for changing her behaviour. A lie is any deliberate deviation from the truth, and falsehood communication with intention to mislead or deceive. Lying is considered by most child development specialist as natural development occurred in childhood. But, parental honesty is recognized as a primary influence on the development of truth ness in children. According to Kohlberg, children progress gradually through several stages of moral development. In this case study, Tamara who is in stage one, was scared of consequences to her actions, so she often says lie to cover up. Consequently, Tamara thinks that she should do what teacher say, to avoid being punished. “For most children, moral reasoning is …show more content…

So she needs lot of self-control, to think what is right or wrong. Even, she makes up a lie, at any situation like imaginary trips to beach. Even, Tamara weaves tales with her creative dramatic play for drawing other children attention. Always she tells lie to achieve what she expects. As Tamara has a great skill of imagination, the teacher should have encouraged her skills and corrected her behaviour. According to Kohlberg “Level of moral reasoning should be strongly associated with age and level of cognitive development” (Kail & Zolner, 2012, p.447 ). The level of moral reasoning should be linked to moral behaviour. Therefore, “Child at the pre-conventional level would act morally when external forces demand, but otherwise they may not” ( Kail & Zolner, 2012, p.448

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