As Selena and Her Friends Are Walking Home After School

question 38

Multiple Choice

As Selena and her friends are walking home after school they approach a corner store and see bags of candy and snacks on open shelves outside the front door.A young clerk is also outside waiting for customers.As they get closer,they see the clerk go inside the store.Selena's friends encourage her to take a bag of candy,but she refuses.How would an individual in Kohlberg's preconventional stage of moral reasoning explain Selena's behavior?

• A)Selena didn't take the candy because she might get caught.
• B)Selena didn't take the candy because it belonged to someone else.
• C)Selena didn't take the candy because stealing violates standards of justice.
• D)Selena didn't take the candy because stealing violates the social contract.

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