According to Kohlberg which level of moral development of a child show no inernalisation of moral values and the moral reasoning of the child is controlled by external rewards and punishment ?

Options

A. Preconventional
B. Conventional
C. Postconventional
D. Universal ethical principle

Answer

A

Explanation

Kohlberg expanded and refined Jean Piaget .s earlier work resulting in the development of his well - known stage theory of Children .s moral Development .The preconventional level of moral development coincides approximately with the preschool period of life and with Piaget .s preoperational period of thinking Initially (Kohlberg .s Stage 1) , the child adopts an ethics of obedience and punishment a sort of morality of keeping out of trouble .The rightness and wrongness of actions is determined by whether actions are rewarded or punished by authorities such as parents or teachers .