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Family Interactions and the Development of Moral Reasoning.
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Walker, Lawrence J.; Taylor, John H. – Child Development, 1991
Examined parents' role in the development of their children's moral reasoning. Differences in interaction style in discussions of hypothetical and of real-life dilemmas were found. Children's moral development was best predicted by a parental discussion style involving supportive interactions and the presentation of higher level moral reasoning.…
Descriptors: Discussion, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Socialization and Social Judgments among Inner-City African-American Kindergartners.
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Jagers, Robert J.; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Examined the relationships between certain socialization experiences and social judgments among 54 inner-city, African American kindergartners from low-income families. Results indicated that in evaluating transgressions children distinguished between moral and social-conventional issues when explaining why they were wrong and in terms of rule and…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Blacks, Childhood Attitudes, Inner City
Children's Reasoning about Interpersonal and Moral Conflicts.
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Smetana, Judith G.; And Others – Child Development, 1991
Two studies of third, sixth, and ninth graders were conducted to determine whether the children made judgments about both justice and interpersonal relations in conflict situations. Results demonstrate that concerns with justice and interpersonal relationships coexist in judgments of male and female children. The ways in which these concerns are…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluative Thinking, Interpersonal Relationship
Children's Social Reasoning about Inclusion and Exclusion in Gender and Race Peer Group Contexts.
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Killen, Melanie; Stangor, Charles – Child Development, 2001
Investigated age and context differences in children's judgments about excluding peers from group activities on the basis of gender and race. Found that the vast majority of children rejected exclusion in contexts in which only stereotypes justified exclusion. Older children (13 years) were more likely to allow exclusion than younger (7 and 10…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Children
Chinese and Canadian Children's Evaluations of Lying and Truth Telling: Similarities and Differences in the Context of Pro- and Antisocial Behaviors.
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Lee, Kang; Cameron, Catherine Ann; Xu, Fen; Fu, Genyao; Board, Julie – Child Development, 1997
Compared Chinese and Canadian 7-, 9-, and 11-year-olds' moral evaluations of lie- and truth-telling in stories involving pro- and antisocial behavior. Found that Chinese children rated truth-telling less positively and lie-telling more positively in prosocial settings than Canadians. Both rated truth-telling positively and lie-telling negatively…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Antisocial Behavior, Children, Comparative Analysis
Development of Moral Judgment and Its Relation to Family Environmental Factors in Indian and American Families.
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Parikh, Bindu – Child Development, 1980
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
The Effects of Group Stereotypes on Adolescents' Reasoning about Peer Retribution.
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Pitner, 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
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