Teresa, Who Is in Her Early 30s, Was Arrested After

Multiple Choice

Teresa, who is in her early 30s, was arrested after participating in a sit-in as part of a protest march. She says, "I know what I did is against the law; 99 percent of the time I think a person should obey the law, because otherwise we'd have chaos. But sometimes laws are wrong, and I have to disobey them in order to try to change them." In Kohlberg's category system, Teresa is reasoning at the _______.

A) hedonistic level
B) preconventional level
C) conventional level
D) principled level