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Akan, Yunus; Tatik, Ramazan Samil – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2021
The aim of this study was to reveal the relationship between the moral maturity and human values of university students. The study was a quantitative research and was conducted with the correlational survey model. The study group of the study consisted of 764 students selected by simple random sampling method, one of the random sampling methods…
Descriptors: Ethics, Maturity (Individuals), College Students, Values
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Babkirk, Sarah; Saunders, Lauren V.; Solomon, Beylul; Kessel, Ellen M.; Crossman, Angela; Gokhan, Nurper; Dennis, Tracy A. – Journal of Moral Education, 2015
The decision to intentionally withhold truthful information, or deception, is a key component of moral development and may be a precursor to more serious anti-social tendencies. Two factors, executive function (EF) and temperamental fear are each thought to influence childhood deception. Few studies, however, have explored deception in relation to…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Moral Development, Short Term Memory, Fear
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Moessinger, Pierre – Journal of Psychology, 1977
Younger students stuck to the rule "go to the end of the line" in every situation tested, while older subjects made some justifications for retaking a place in line. (RL)
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Elementary Education, Ethics, Grade 3
Kurtines, William M. – 1982
Research on moral development and behavior has traditionally emphasized person related variables such as level or stage of moral reasoning, individual differences in moral traits and dispositions, or past reinforcement history. The effects of context on moral action and decision, in contrast, have received relatively little attention. It is…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Ethics
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Weinberg, Sharon Lawner; And Others – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1993
Recently developed multidimensional-scaling methodology was used to explore the underlying structure of moral reasoning responses to 12 moral dilemmas by 111 graduate students in law and social work and to relate that structure to individual differences. Results indicate that moral reasoning must be viewed from multidimensional and interactional…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Ethics, Females, Graduate Students