The third-grade teacher has told a group of students to go to the cabinet and take a box of crayons that they may use during the year. a student who is the last one in line is faced with the moral dilemma of whether to take several boxes, since no one is watching. the student makes the decision that it would not be proper because the rule did not allow for anyone to take more than one box. this behavior reflects which level of moral reasoning? preconventional nonconventional postconventional conventional

Conventional moral reasoning

Explanation:

What does conventional moral reasoning mean?

This reasoning comes second to the three reasoning by Kohlberg in his Structural Theory of Moral Development .

This is a moral development stage where one has taken all the learnt rules and kept them inside or to heart and knows what is expected of them and as a result they make moral decisions based on the standards and expectations of their families or teachers.

This third grade child has been probably told that it is wrong to take more that what you are given and because she knows what is expected of her by her teacher she remembers that and follow that and live up to that expectation.

the correct answer is d