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: -Post-conventional Moral Development For example, the man should break into the store because, even if it is against the law, the wife needs the drug and her life is more important than the consequences the man might face for breaking the law.

Detailed explanation-3: -At the postconventional level, the individual moves beyond the perspective of his or her own society. Morality is defined in terms of abstract principles and values that apply to all situations and societies. The individual attempts to take the perspective of all individuals.

Detailed explanation-4: -Postconventional reasoning is the final stage of Kohlberg’s model of moral reasoning, in which an individual makes choices based on their own personal beliefs, even if those beliefs are not in accordance with laws or social convention.