Martha is at home by herself. While flipping through channels, she sees a show on "real-life" teens who live together in a house and get into lots of sexual situations. Martha really wants to watch the show but remembers that her mom's rule is that she can never watch that type of program. Because of her mom's rule, Martha turns the channel and checks out a show on home improvement. Given these actions, Martha appears to be at Piaget's _____ of moral development.

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Martha's decision to follow her mom's rule and not watch the show suggests she is in the heteronomous morality stage, where rules are seen as fixed and unchangeable, and authority figures are obeyed.

Martha Is at Home by Herself