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Toddlers' Sensitivity to Standard Violations.
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Kochanska, Grazyna; And Others – Child Development, 1995
Toddlers were shown flawed and whole objects. Later, in a "mishap" condition, toddlers were led to believe they had damaged the examiners' valued possessions. Toddlers expressed a preference for whole objects but showed more interest in flawed objects. Manifestations of sensitivity to flawed objects were associated with behavioral and…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Curiosity, Moral Development, Toddlers
In Defense of Moral Realism: Reply to Gabennesch.
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Shweder, Richard A. – Child Development, 1990
The moral realism of everyday life is neither Piaget's childlike egocentrism nor Gabennesch's reification. Natural moral law is seen by Turiel, a cognitivist, as a code of harm, rights, and justice. Other cognitivists accept codes of duty and natural order. (BC)
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Justice, Moral Development, Moral Values
The Perception of Social Conventionality by Children and Adults.
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Gabennesch, Howard – Child Development, 1990
Some studies indicate that individuals recognize conventional norms as social contrivances; others, that individuals reify social formations as something other than social products. Questions about comparatively transparent rules and the use of simplistic questions for complex phenomena give an exaggerated portrayal of individuals' awareness of…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Standards, Children, Ethnocentrism
The Nature of Responsibility: Children's Understanding of "Your Job."
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Warton, Pamela M.; Goodnow, Jacqueline J. – Child Development, 1991
Three principles of work distribution were considered: (1) direct cause; (2) self-regulation; and (3) continuing responsibility. Children of 8, 11, and 14 years of age performed a job sorting task and commented on the fairness of work arrangements in vignettes. Results showed a differential development for the three principles rather than a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Behavior Standards, Child Responsibility