Seven-year-old James's mother repeatedly told him not to climb up on the kitchen cabinets to get candy. Nevertheless, James does so. Even though no one sees him do this, when he climbs down, James tells himself that "something bad" was going to happen to him. Which one of the following stages is James in?

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James is in the stage of moral realism, where children believe that rules are fixed and that breaking them will lead to automatic punishment, even if no one sees the wrongdoing.

Seven-Year-Old James's Mother Repeatedly Told Him Not to Climb Up