Correlations between Kohlberg’s dilemmas and real-world moral behavior are relat

Kohlberg’s theory is a measure of how people reason about moral problems but it is not a measure that predicts the behaviors that people will present in real-world situations. In this way, it could be considered both a valid and invalid measure of moral development depending on how the term “moral development” is defined. If moral development is defined as a type of reasoning about right and wrong his theory could be a valid measure. If moral development is defined as a style of behavior one presents in real contexts, his theory may not be a valid measure.