AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Moral reasoning at the conventional level focuses on social order, upholding the law, and maintaining positive relationships. Moral reasoning at the postconventional level focuses on principles and values beyond laws that ensure individual rights.

Detailed explanation-2: -Postconventional morality is the third stage of moral development, and is characterized by an individuals’ understanding of universal ethical principles. These are abstract and ill-defined, but might include: the preservation of life at all costs, and the importance of human dignity.

Detailed explanation-3: -Rosa Parks Refusing to Move on the Bus. Rosa Parks stood up for what she saw as universal moral principles despite the fact society around her disagreed. She had reached the level of postconventional morality.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to Kohlberg’s theory, individuals who reach the highest level of post-conventional moral reasoning judge moral issues based on deeper principles and shared ideals rather than self-interest or adherence to laws and rules.