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West, Mary Ann – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1986
INDSCAL analysis, based on bipolar ratings of physically agressive incidents by 217 subjects, yielded a solution in three dimensions: Provocation by Target, Intimates vs. Strangers and Harmful Outcome. One bipolar scale, the Right-Wrong Scale, was used as a direct measure of subjects' moral evaluation of each incident. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Moral Values, Multidimensional Scaling
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Gorsuch, Richard L. – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1984
This article overviews and evaluates Raymond B. Cattell's integration of psychology and ethics. It describes his views on the psychological bases of individual morality and values: superego strength, motivation, and religious sentiment. Cattell's proposed ethical system, Beyondism, based on scientific method rather than rationality alone, is also…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Ethics, Moral Values, Motivation
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Weinberg, Sharon Lawner; And Others – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1993
Recently developed multidimensional-scaling methodology was used to explore the underlying structure of moral reasoning responses to 12 moral dilemmas by 111 graduate students in law and social work and to relate that structure to individual differences. Results indicate that moral reasoning must be viewed from multidimensional and interactional…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Ethics, Females, Graduate Students