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The Effect of Reciprocity Norms on Moral Judgment and Causal Attribution
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Berndt, Thomas J. – Child Development, 1977
Kindergarten children and adults were shown slides with an accompanying taped soundtrack which portrayed reciprocal and nonreciprocal aggressive and prosocial interactions. Following each episode, subjects' evaluations of the actor and their attributions concerning the cause of his behavior were obtained. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Aggression, Attribution Theory, College Students, Kindergarten Children
Construction and Validation of Simplified, Group-Administerable Equivalent to the Moral Judgment Interview.
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Gibbs, John C.; And Others – Child Development, 1982
A group-administerable version of Kohlberg's Moral Judgment Interview (MJI) was psychometrically evaluated. Results showed that the Sociomoral Reflection Measure has acceptable concurrent validity with the MJI as well as high levels of construct validity and reliability. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Adults, Children, College Students, Measures (Individuals)
Developmental Differences in Understanding Plans and Evaluating Actors.
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Sedlak, Andrea J. – Child Development, 1979
Seeks to demonstrate that age differences in the interpretation of moral judgment stimulus stories can reliably predict differences in patterns of moral evaluations. Also attempts to characterize the nature of these age-related interpretation differences. Stimulus stories represented each of Heider's levels of responsibility and varied in outcome…
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Students, Elementary School Students, Moral Development
Adults' Judgments about Adolescents' Moral Judgments.
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Pressley, Michael; And Others – Child Development, 1980
College students who took the Defining Issues Test (DIT) were instructed to simulate the responses of 11-, 15-, and 19-year-old adolescents; other college students selected moral issues which they believed should be presented to adolescents in those age groups who were faced with the moral dilemmas in the DIT. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Age Differences, College Students, Ethical Instruction
The Mediating Role of Cognitive Development in Moral Judgment
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Tomlinson-Keasey, C.; Keasey, Charles Blake – Child Development, 1974
The hypothesized central role of cognitive development in resolving moral dilemmas was examined in sixth grade and college-age females. Results indicated that sophisticated cognitive operations are a prerequisite to advanced moral judgments. (ST)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, College Students
Moral Reasoning about Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
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Jadack, Rosemary A.; And Others – Child Development, 1995
Using hypothetical scenarios in which sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) can be transmitted, college freshmen and seniors were asked to explain why they believed the characters should or should nor engage in risky behaviors. Results indicated that seniors had a significantly higher stage of moral reasoning than the freshmen when responding to…
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Students, Higher Education, Moral Development
Adults' Moral Reasoning with Children.
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Olejnik, Anthony B. – Child Development, 1980
Investigated the interrelationships among young adults' levels of moral reasoning, their preferred discipline style, and the way they say they would reason with children on moral issues. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Codes of Ethics, College Students, Developmental Stages
Hierarchical Structure of Moral Stages Assessed by a Sorting Task.
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Boom, Jan; Brugman, Daniel; van der Heijden, Peter G. M. – Child Development, 2001
Asked Dutch university and Russian high school students to sort statements in terms of moral sophistication to investigate hierarchical stage structure of moral stages. Found that sorting statements representative of stages below one's own was straightforward; sorting statements above one's stage was difficult, suggesting that reflective…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Classification, College Students, Developmental Stages