The theory of conceptual level (describing persons on a developmental hierarchy of increasing conceptual complexity, self-responsibility, and independence) is investigated for its potential use to educational practice. (MJB)

A sample of 42 children, age 5 to 7, were tested for their ability to give appropriate causal accounts of incidents and to consider intentions and motives in judging the characters involved in these incidents. Results indicated that children are able to consider intention before they develop the ability to consider motives in moral judgment.…

Describes a study of level of intellectual development displayed by a population of Australian primary school education students at the time of entry to college. Results agree with United States research which indicate that a significant proportion of high school and college students is not at the level of formal operations, an idea contrary to…

In this study of the relationship between moral behavior, level of moral development, and motivation, moral behavior was assessed in an experimental situation in which it was necessary to violate the experimenter's authority to help someone; level of moral development was assessed by Kohlberg's Moral Judgment Scale, and motivation by a…

Explores behavioral and emotional responses during the divorce process. Men and women (N=252) were interviewed about traumas and advantages associated with stages of divorce already experienced. Results only partially substantiate finding by Goode that final separation is perceived as most traumatic. (Author)

The difficulties in acquiring speech skills that are encountered by severely and profoundly deaf children may be considered in terms of the complexity of the speech signal. (Author)

This assessment of L. Kohlberg's theory of moral development is a dialectical critique focusing on his claim that the sixth stage of moral development is morally adequate, specifically, that it is both comprehensive and fully equilibrated. Includes a brief account of B. J. Lonergan's dialectical method and an analysis of the sixth stage of…

Reports two studies supporting the prediction derived from Hershenson's life-stage vocational development model that average scores on Self-differentiation (worker self-concept and motivation) would exceed those on Competence (work habits, skills, and interpersonal relations), which in turn would exceed those on Independence (appropriateness and…

Explores the hypothesis that there is a decline in operational thought ability in the elderly. Two samples of elderly males, with mean ages of 71.80 and 74.29 years respectively, were tested for their ability to conserve mass, surface areas and volume. (BD)

Discusses the theories of Piaget, Bruner, Lifschitz and Langford, Vygotsky and others. (SB)

This article seeks evidence for a developmental process in childhood deviance. (Author)

Author contends that much dissatisfaction and alienation surrounding schools stems partly from their failure to have matched their curricula to the various developmental stages through which all students must pass. Articulation attempts to balance the right educational environment to the student's level of development and four basic learning…

This study tested the Flavell and Wohlwill model of stage formation on two formal operations (implication and disjunction) using negation as a performance factor. Subjects were 81 tenth- and eleventh-grade boys. (Author/JMB)