Lawrence Kohlberg’s theory of moral development categorizes moral reasoning into three broad levels, which are:

Topic: Developmental Psychology
Subtopic: Kohlberg Theory

APre-conventional, Conventional, and Post-conventional

BSensorimotor, Operational, and Abstract

COral, Anal, and Genital

DMicro, Meso, and Macro

Explanation

Kohlberg identified Pre-conventional (reward/punishment), Conventional (social order/approval), and Post-conventional (universal principles).

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