A ban is imposed on outdoor watering during a severe drought. The Robinsons decide not to water their new shrubs because the neighbors would disapprove. Their reasoning places them at which of Kohlberg's levels?

conventional

Explanation:

The stages of Moral development that were realized by Lawrence Kohlberg are actually an adaptation of another psychological theory which was at first made by the Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget.

Kohlberg presents six stages. Those six can be more generally grouped into three levels, which are: pre-conventional, conventional and post-conventional.

The conventional level has the following characteristics:

Interpersonal accord and conformity

Authority and social-order maintaining orientation