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DeJesus, Jasmine M.; Gelman, Susan A.; Lumeng, Julie C. – Developmental Psychology, 2022
Although children frequently engage in creative activities (in which they make foods and objects by hand), the development and scope of children's thinking about handmade items is largely unexplored. In the present studies, we examined whether 4- to 12-year-old children at a local children's museum (54% girls, 46% boys; 51% White, 11% Asian/Asian…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preadolescents, Museums, Value Judgment
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Fu, Genyue; Xiao, Wen S.; Killen, Melanie; Lee, Kang – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Recent research indicates that moral judgment and 1st-order theory of mind abilities are related. What is not known, however, is how 2nd-order theory of mind is related to moral judgment. In the present study, we extended previous findings by administering a morally relevant theory of mind task (an accidental transgressor) to 4- to 7-year-old…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Moral Values, Theory of Mind, Children
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Loke, Ivy Chiu; Heyman, Gail D.; Forgie, Julia; McCarthy, Anjanie; Lee, Kang – Developmental Psychology, 2011
The way children evaluate the reporting of peers' transgressions to authority figures was investigated. Participants, ages 6-11 years (N = 60), were presented with a series of vignettes, each of which depicted a child who committed either a minor transgression (such as not finishing the vegetables at lunch) or a more serious transgression (such as…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Moral Values, Investigations, Children
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Greenfield, Patricia M. – Developmental Psychology, 2009
P. M. Greenfield's new theory of social change and human development aims to show how changing sociodemographic ecologies alter cultural values and learning environments and thereby shift developmental pathways. Worldwide sociodemographic trends include movement from rural residence, informal education at home, subsistence economy, and…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Social Behavior, Ecology, Social Change
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Mant, Catherine M.; Perner, Josef – Developmental Psychology, 1988
Three experiments investigated five- and 10-year-old children's understanding of the conditions under which a person becomes committed to carrying out an intended action. Findings indicated that, although children from a very early age have the concept of commmitment, the understanding of the interpersonal conditions for becoming committed…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Elementary Education
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Kahn, Peter H., Jr. – Developmental Psychology, 1997
Examined the moral and ecological reasoning of second, fifth, and eighth graders regarding the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Found that children understood negative effects of the spill, cared that harm occurred to shoreline and marine life, and thought it violated a moral obligation. Fifth and eighth graders used a greater proportion of anthropocentric…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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Kim, Jung Min – Developmental Psychology, 1998
Examined Korean first, third, and fifth graders' judgments about authority commands regarding moral events. Found that children judged that a principal, teacher, class president, and child without an authority position have legitimacy and should be obeyed when giving morally right directives. Children gave greater legitimacy to persons giving…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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Kruger, Ann Cale; Tomasello, Michael – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Investigates whether children's use of reasoning differs in child-child and adult-child discussions of moral dilemmas. Supports Piaget's contention that moral discussions with peers feature a more spontaneous use of reasoning than do discussions with adults. (HOD)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Children, Cognitive Development, Conflict Resolution
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LaVoie, Joseph C. – Developmental Psychology, 1974
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Elementary School Students, Maturation
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Siegler, Robert S.; Thompson, Douglas R. – Developmental Psychology, 1998
Three experiments examined children's understanding of functional relations in economics. Found that preschoolers understood effects of demand and second graders also understood effects of supply, but even fourth graders often failed to understand motivation and morality effects. Fourth but not second graders explained how motivation and morality…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Economic Factors, Economics