In Miss Cathy's kindergarten class, each child has made paper valentines for Valentine's Day for everyone else in the class. These are to be placed in decorative bags, one for each child, that have been affixed to the wall in two rows, one above the other. After a short class discussion, the class has agreed that in order to avoid a big crowd at the bags where someone might get hurt, the shorter students should place their valentines in the bags first, then the taller students can place theirs. Which stage of Piaget's perspective does this describe?

A. autonomous morality
B. heteronomousmorality
C. preconventional moral reasoning
D. conventional moral reasoning


Answer: A

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