Megan wants to get a cookie before dinner, but she knows that's against her mother's rules. As she is considering getting a cookie she can hear her mother walking toward the kitchen where the cookie jar is. Realizing she would probably get caught and punished, Megan decides to leave the kitchen without a cookie. According to Kohlberg, which level of moral development is Megan currently in?

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Megan is in the preconventional reasoning stage because she is making decisions based on the consequences of her actions and not on moral principles.

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