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Publication Date: 1969-Sep
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Resistance to Temptation and Moral Judgment: Behavioral Correlates of Kohlberg's Measure of Moral Judgment.
Nelsen, Edward A.; And Others
This study was designed to assess and compare the roles of intelligence and moral judgment in relation to patterns of behavior in temptation situations. Six Resistance to Temptation (RTT) tasks were administered to 106 sixth grade students. One year later, four Kohlberg Moral Judgment (MJ) tasks were administered to 100 of the same subjects. IQ scores were available for all subjects. Two measures of temptation behavior were derived from the six RTT tasks: Total RTT, a summary score based upon extent of RTT in the six situations, and Consistency (C), based upon the variance of an individual's RTT scores across the six situations. Results indicated that MJ and RTT did not correlate significantly. MJ and C were positively correlated, although examination of the data by sex revealed a significant correlation for boys only. IQ was correlated significantly with total RTT and with C. The relationships were also examined according to levels of IQ, indicating different relationships between most variables when high IQ subjects were compared with low IQ subjects. The results provided support for the view that intelligence is generally related to the extent and consistency of resistance to temptation. Moral judgment may account more for consistency of behavior among males. (Author/BD)
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