Achild who says it is not worth stealing candy from a store because if you were caught you would get punished, demonstrates
a. preconventional morality
b. conventional morality
c. postconventional morality
d. autonomous morality

The correct answer is A. Preconventional morality

Explanation:

According to psychologist Laurence Kohlberg, morality develops in three main phrases that include pre-conventional, conventional and post-conventional morality. In this proposal, pre-conventional morality is the first phase of morality in which morality is formed based on the consequences or effects of an action. In this way, an individual considers as action or behavior as "morally wrong" because he knows it leads to a negative consequence or punishment but not because of social conventions or own criteria.

This type of morality is the one that occurs in a child who says it is wrong stealing because you would get punished, because in this case, the child does not understand social conventions or own principles but only acts based on the consequences of actions and therefore the only reason for not to steal according to the child is to avoid getting punished.

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