According to Lawrence Kohlberg, when children have learned the rules and follow them in order to stay out of trouble, children are in the _____ stage.
A) preconventional
B) amoral
C) conventional
D) complicit

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In Kohlberg's theory of moral development, the preconventional level is the first level, where children's sense of morality is externally controlled. Children accept and believe the rules of authority figures, such as parents and teachers, and they follow these rules to avoid punishment or to gain rewards, not because they see the rules as right or wrong in themselves.

According to Lawrence Kohlberg, When Children Have Learned the Rules