According to Piaget's theory of moral development, 5- to 7-year-old children are in a stage called ________, in which they believe that rules are created by wise adults, and, therefore, must be followed and cannot be changed.
As the exercise explains, the moral realism stage in children explains how and why they believe in adults rules which cannot be changed. Children, during this stage, believe that rules are absolute. Piaget also says that the punishment of this rules should be determined by the child's intention and not by how much damage is done, which is not generally the case.
