Question

wade, an avid reader, wants to read the latest book by his favorite author. The book is set to release next month, but he finds an illegal copy online. At first, he is tempted to download it, but later decides against it when his father informs him about those who were caught by the police for downloading the pirated version of the book.

Answer 1

- Punishment and Obedience stage.

Step-by-step explanation:

Lawrence Kohlberg, the renowned psychologist of America who is acknowledged for his theory of 'moral development' in children and its six distinct stages. He described the 'punishment and obedience stage' of moral development in which the children reflect a desire to abide by the rules in order to avoid/prevent any kind of punishment affiliated to disobeying or the rule or convention which could be morally wrong(according to them).

As per the given description, Wade is in the 'punishment and obedience stage' of Kohlberg's theory of moral development as after realizing that downloading the pirated copy could be morally wrong and which may bring consequences affiliated to it. Therefore, he avoids the punishment by deciding to go(obey) as per the rules which reflects that he is in the initial 'punishment and obedience stage' of moral development.