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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
Shaver, Darrel G. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1985
A moral development scale (Defining Issues Test) administered to students as entering freshmen and 4 years later indicated a significant decrease in conventional reasoning and an increase in principled reasoning. (Author)
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Higher Education
