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Peer reviewedMcGeorge, Colin – Developmental Psychology, 1975
Reports the results of an experiment in which 146 college freshmen were asked either to fake bad answers, fake good answers or record their own views on the Defining Issues Test. Findings indicated that students could not fake higher scores, but could fake bad scores. (SDH)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Moral Development
Peer reviewedFroming, William J.; McColgan, Edgar B. – Developmental Psychology, 1979
A comparison of the two leading indices of moral development, the Defining Issues Test and the Moral Dilemma Interview, was made using 215 subjects ranging in age from 12 to 25. Correlation between the two tests was low when age, socioeconomic status, and intelligence variables were partialed out. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Developmental Tasks, Moral Development
