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The Development of Intent-Based Moral Judgment and Moral Behavior in the Context of Indirect Reciprocity: A Cross-Cultural Study
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Li, Jing; Hou, Wenwen; Zhu, Liqi; Tomasello, Michael – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2020
The current study aimed to investigate the cultural differences in the developmental origins of children's intent-based moral judgment and moral behavior in the context of indirect reciprocity. To this end, we compared how German and Chinese children interpret and react to antisocial and prosocial interactions between puppets. An actor puppet…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Decision Making, Preschool Children, Foreign Countries
The Development of Moral Behavior: Continuities and Discontinuities.
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Chandler, Michael; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1980
Children at three levels of conceptual maturity were presented with six dilemmas in order to test the hypothesis that cognitive development predicts concrete behavioral choices whenever individuals are at least as complex as the moral alternatives confronting them. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Decision Making
Children's Conceptions and Use of Rules of Distributive Justice.
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Simons, Robertjan; Klaassen, Marianne – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1979
Describes the equity and cognitive developmental theories of children's concepts of distributive justice and examines a methodological problem which may have influenced previous findings. Also reports a study of the relations between hypothetical arguments, real-life arguments, and real-life division behaviors of 84 children aged four to seven…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Decision Making, Elementary School Students
Two Tests of Piaget's Equilibration Model: A Replication and Extension.
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Silverman, Irwin W.; Litman, Ruth – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1979
Pairs of elementary school children at different concept development levels were given problems to discuss, in order to examine the prediction, derived from the equilibration model, that when two children holding different beliefs must arrive at a consenus, the child possessing the higher level of cognitive development will prevail over the child…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Decision Making
Developmental Trends in Reaction to Social Pressure from Adults versus Peers.
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Andersson, Bengt-Erik – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1979
The Moral Dilemmas Test was administered to 1,057 Swedish boys and girls in four different grades (4, 5, 6 and 7) to examine the effects of social pressure on children. (MP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cross Cultural Studies, Decision Making, Elementary School Students