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Peer reviewedCarroll, James L.; Rest, James R. – Journal of Research in Personality, 1981
Students (N=178) judged the adequacy of reasons presented in stage prototypic responses to moral dilemmas to provide a profile of the frequency and strength with which students rejected early stage reasons. Data indicated definite age trends in rejecting lower-stage reasoning. Higher-stage items produced no significant age differences. (RC)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adolescents, Age Differences, Cognitive Development
