Susie tells Sally that she does not eat cookies before dinner because her parents will send her to her room for the rest of the night. Susie is in which stage of Kohlberg's moral reasoning?

A) rationalization
B) postconventional
C) conventional
D) preconventional

Kohlberg's Moral Reasoning

A developmental theory proposing that an individual's ability to judge right from wrong evolves through a series of stages.

Preconventional

A stage in moral development, according to Kohlberg, where moral reasoning is based on rewards and punishments.