It can be inferred from the passage that Piaget would be likely to agree with which of the

following statements about the punishment that children under seven assign to wrongdoing？

A．The severity of the assigned punishment is determined by the perceived magni- tude of negative consequences more than by any other factor.

B．The punishment is to be administered immediately following the transgression.

C．The children assign punishment less arbitrarily than they do when they reach the age of moral autonomy.

D．The punishment for acts of unintentional harm is less severe than it is for acts involving accidental harm.