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Ferkany, Matt – Journal of Moral Education, 2020
In Aristotelian virtue theories, "phronesis" is foundational to being good, but to date accounts of how this particularly important virtue can emerge are sketchy. This article plumbs recent thinking in Aristotelian virtue ethics and developmental theorizing to explore how far its emergence can be understood developmentally, i.e., in…
Descriptors: Theories, Intelligence, Ethics, Cognitive Development
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2018
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2018, organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Modern psychology offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology
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Derryberry, W. Pitt; Jones, Kristy L.; Grieve, Frederick G.; Barger, Brian – Journal of Moral Education, 2007
Differing findings exist on how Defining Issues Test (DIT) scores relate to intelligence. Further study is needed in order to address aspects of intellect not previously considered and to address how these relationships rival studies that have compared indices of intellect with constructs similar to DIT scores. In the present study, a sample of…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Construct Validity, Validity, Intelligence Tests
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Kahn, James V. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1976
Descriptors: Black Students, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research
Kramer, Deirdre A. – 1987
Three types of lay theories about the social world form a developmental sequence. Earlier developing theories are reorganized at the next level into a more inclusive, encompassing view of the world in order to make better predictions. The absolute thinker sees the world as fixed and unchanging, reasons with absolute rules, and has a narrow world…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adults
Cohen, Stewart, Ed.; Comiskey, Thomas J., Ed. – 1977
This book is a collection of 36 articles by various authors which attempt to acquaint students with current information and concepts in child development. The articles are grouped under the following general headings: (1) The World of Children, (2) The Roots of Development: Biological, Psychological and Sociocultural Origins of Growth, (3)…
Descriptors: Adoption, Aggression, Attachment Behavior, Child Abuse
De Lisi, Richard – 1979
A review of Piaget's theory and research on children's cognitive development is presented, including a discussion of the psychological structures of intelligence, developmental constructivism, and the evolution of knowledge as a subject-object relation. Piaget's assessment techniques are summarized, including moral development, number…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Annotated Bibliographies, Children, Cognitive Development