Kim has learned that a group of students in her algebra class has a scheme to cheat on the final exam. They are pressuring her to join them. Kim reasons, "I can't be a part of this! The student handbook says thatstudents caught cheating can be expelled. The right thing to do is obey the rules and stay out of trouble!" What stage or step does this fit the best?

A) Kohlberg Stage 1

B) Gilligan Step 2

C) Kohlberg Stage 3

D) Kohlberg Stage 4

E) Gilligan Step 3

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Wells

17 February, 02:34

Kim has learned that a group of students in her algebra class has a scheme to cheat on the final exam. They are pressuring her to join them. Kim reasons, "I can't be a part of this! The student handbook says thatstudents caught cheating can be expelled. The right thing to do is obey the rules and stay out of trouble!" What stage or step does this fit the best?

A) Kohlberg Stage 1

B) Gilligan Step 2

C) Kohlberg Stage 3

D) Kohlberg Stage 4

E) Gilligan Step 3

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Chance Herrera · Answer 1

A Kohlberg Stage 1

Explanation:

Kohlberg proposed three levels of moral development with each levels having two stages each, The levels are; pre-conventional, conventional, and post-conventional.

The six stages are;

Obedience-and-Punishment Orientation

Instrumental Orientation

Interpersonal Concordance

Law and Order

Social Contract and

Universal ethical principle

Stage 1 Obedience and punishment, focuses on the child's desire to obey rules and avoid being punished. For example, an action is perceived as morally wrong because the perpetrator is punished; the worse the punishment for the act is, the more "bad" the act is perceived to be.