The social-cognitive theory makes a distinction between
A) direct and indirect moral education.
B) autonomous and heteronomous morality.
C) moral competence and moral performance.
D) preconventional and conventional level of morality.

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The social-cognitive theory distinguishes between two aspects of moral development: moral competence, which refers to acquiring the knowledge and skills to think morally, and moral performance, which refers to actually behaving morally in real-life situations. Options A and B do not reflect the distinctions made by the social-cognitive theory, and option D is a distinction made by Kohlberg's theory of moral development, not the social-cognitive theory.

The Social-Cognitive Theory Makes a Distinction Between