Isabella is in third grade. She forgot her lunch money one day at school, did not pack a lunch, and did not have any money left on her lunch account. Isabella found a twenty dollar bill on the classroom floor an hour before lunch. The twenty dollar bill was laying under the backpack rack in the back of the room and she knew that it likely fell from someone's backpack. It looked like the bill fell from Cindy's backpack and Isabella knew that Cindy brought a packed lunch from school that day. Isabella decided to take the twenty dollar bill because Cindy would still be able to eat lunch if she took it, but if she didn't take it she would go hungry for the rest of the school day.
A) What stage of moral development is Isabella in?
O formal operational
O conventional
O preoperational
O preconventional

The correct choice is A) formal operational.

Explanation:

The formal operational stage is the fourth and final stage of Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development. It begins at approximately age 12 and lasts into adulthood.

At this point in development, thinking becomes much more sophisticated and advanced. Kids can think about abstract and theoretical concepts and use logic to come up with creative solutions to problems. Skills such as logical thought, deductive reasoning, and systematic planning also emerge during this stage.

This is very clear form the excerpt. Isabella weighs from her own perspective, the consequences to her as well as Cindy if she returns the money.

She concludes that it is okay to take it given that no one gets hurt.

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answer; i believe that the correct answer is (decreased)

ever since wwii tmthey always did hated each other.