When asked, "Why is it wrong to take a friend's toy and not give it back?" Alexander, who is at Kohlberg's preconventional level of moral development, responds,
A) "I know it is wrong."
B) "It's not wrong; she needs to share it with me, because she has more than me."
C) "Mommy and Daddy might get angry with me."
D) "We must respect what belongs to others."

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At the preconventional level of moral development, children's morality is guided by the fear of punishment and the desire to gain rewards. Therefore, Alexander's response that Mommy and Daddy might get angry with him indicates that he is guided by the fear of punishment rather than an internalized sense of right and wrong.

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