Researchers found that preschool children made a distinction between moral and conventional transgressions, finding the moral events more serious, wrong, and deserving of punishment. These results suggest that

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The finding that preschool children made a distinction between moral and conventional transgressions, and judged moral events as more serious, wrong, and deserving of punishment, suggests that moral and conventional judgments rely on different cognitive systems. This implies that while both types of rules are learned early in development, they may be processed and evaluated differently. Culture may still have an influence on morals and conventions, but this study did not investigate that aspect. Option D is incorrect because the study found that preschool children understood conventional transgressions, but did not judge them as severely as moral transgressions. Finally, option A is not supported by this study, which did not address the relative timing of learning moral and conventional rules.

Researchers Found That Preschool Children Made a Distinction Between Moral