When presented with Piaget's stories designed to assess children's moral reasoning, Piaget would expect 6-year-old Phoebe to say that
A) the child who broke 15 glasses is naughtier than the child who broke 1 glass.
B) the child who broke 1 glass is naughtier than the child who broke 15 glasses.
C) both children are very naughty.
D) neither child is naughty.

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Piaget believed that at around 6 years old, children develop a sense of reciprocity and can begin to consider the intentions behind an action. In the story, the child who broke 15 glasses was trying to help carry them but was clumsy and dropped them, while the child who broke 1 glass did so on purpose out of anger. Therefore, Piaget would expect Phoebe to say that the child who broke 15 glasses was less naughty than the child who broke 1 glass.

When Presented with Piaget's Stories Designed to Assess Children's Moral