According to Lawrence Kohlberg, when children have learned the rules and follow them in order to stay out of trouble, children are in the stage.

Preconventional Stage

Explanation:

According to Lawrence Kohlberg, there are three levels of moral development and they are; the preconventional stage, the conventional stage, and the postconventional stage. In the preconventional stage, the sense of morality of a child is controlled externally. In this stage, children accepts the rule of authority and follow them strictly. They are able to judge actions by their consequences and tend to stay out of trouble.

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