Jimmy accidentally broke four plates trying to sneak into the cookie jar, while Bart broke one plate. Barbara thinks Jimmy is going to be punished more severely than Bart. Barbara is in which Piagetian stage of moral development?

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Barbara is in the "moral realism" stage, according to Piaget. In this stage, children believe that rules are absolute and that the severity of punishment should be directly related to the severity of the wrongdoing, without considering the intentions behind the actions.

Jimmy Accidentally Broke Four Plates Trying to Sneak into the Cookie