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Peer reviewedNisan, Mordecai – Developmental Psychology, 1988
Nisan responds to Turiel, Nucci, and Smetana's (1988) critique by stating that it merely serves to emphasize the difficulty involved in distinguishing between the moral and the conventional without reference to the cultural meaning of the act. (PCB)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries, Moral Development
Linn, Ruth – 1985
During the Lebanon War (1982), many Israeli reserve soldiers disobeyed the command to join their units for service in Lebanon. Several of these soldiers were publicly labeled "sarvanim" meaning "refusers" in Hebrew, and were jailed in military prisons. Kohlberg's (1976) cognitive developmental approach to moralization, which…
Descriptors: Civil Disobedience, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedTuriel, Elliot; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1988
This critique of Nisan's (1987) study of morality and convention addresses methodological considerations for cross-cultural research on children's moral and conventional concepts. (PCB)
Descriptors: Children, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedSnarey, John R.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1985
Evaluated the validity of Kohlberg's model and measure in a cross-cultural context and assessed the cultural uniqueness of social-moral reasoning among 92 Israeli kibbutz adolescents. Developmental findings strongly supported validity of Kohlberg's structural-developmental understanding of moral judgment. Stage change was found to be upward,…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Peer reviewedPitner, Ronald O.; Astor, Ron Avi; Benbenishty, Rami; Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M.; Zeira, Anat – Child Development, 2003
Examined effects of negative group stereotypes on reasoning about peer retribution (child hits another child in response to name calling) among 2,604 Arab and Jewish adolescents in Israel. Found evidence that Arab and Jewish students hold stereotypes about one another and that in-group bias affected approval and reasoning about peer retribution…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Age Differences, Aggression
