Ian,a high school junior,is studying day and night in the hope of being admitted to the prestigious university from which his mother graduated.When his friends ask him why he works so hard,Ian responds,"I'd just as soon go to a community college,but it will make my mother really happy if I go to her school." Ian is demonstrating _____ moral reasoning.

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Ian is basing his decision on the expectations of his mother, which is a characteristic of conventional moral reasoning. He is concerned with maintaining social norms and fulfilling expectations.

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