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Thoma, Stephen J.; Derryberry, Pitt; Narvaez, Darcia – High Ability Studies, 2009
Critics of moral judgment measures question whether the obtained pattern of relationships between moral judgment scores and outcome variables might be better explained by verbal/general ability. To address this concern, we assess the degree to which moral judgment development reduces to verbal ability using the Defining Issues Test (DIT). Our…
Descriptors: Verbal Ability, Moral Development, Decision Making, Moral Values
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Crowson, H. Michael; DeBacker, Teresa K.; Thoma, Stephen J. – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2007
Emler, Renwick, and Malone (1983) argued against a developmental interpretation of the Defining Issues Test (DIT), suggesting instead that it actually measures a social psychological phenomenon--political identification. On the other hand, Sanders, Lubinski, and Benbow (1995) have argued that DIT scores measure intellectual ability. In this study,…
Descriptors: Tests, Political Attitudes, Identification, Intelligence