AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Level One-Preconventional Morality: In stage one, moral reasoning is based on concepts of punishment. The child believes that if the consequence for an action is punishment, then the action was wrong.

Detailed explanation-2: -Preconventional morality is the first stage of moral development, and lasts until approximately age 9. At the preconventional level children don’t have a personal code of morality, and instead moral decisions are shaped by the standards of adults and the consequences of following or breaking their rules.

Detailed explanation-3: -preconventional (not comparable) (ethics) Belonging to the earliest of Lawrence Kohlberg’s stages of moral development, focusing on self-interest and on obedience for the sake of avoiding punishment.

Detailed explanation-4: -Level 1 (Preconventional) 1. Obedience and Punishment Orientation – at this stage of moral reasoning, the individual acts from a belief that if they do something wrong they will be punished, so that the best reason for avoiding doing wrong is to avoid punishment.

Detailed explanation-5: -Postconventional morality occurs when an individual develops their own set of ethics and morals to drive their decisions and actions. This is the highest stage of morality. There are two levels to this stage, the social contract and the universal ethics and principles level.