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Tolerance of Practices by Muslim Actors: An Integrative Social-Developmental Perspective
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Gieling, Maike; Thijs, Jochem; Verkuyten, Maykel – Child Development, 2010
Using social-cognitive domain theory and social identity theory, tolerance judgments of practices by Muslim actors among Dutch adolescents (12-17) were investigated. The findings for Study 1 (N = 180) demonstrated that participants evaluated 4 practices using different types of reasons: personal, social-conventional, and moral. In Study 2 (N =…
Descriptors: Muslims, Moral Issues, Cultural Pluralism, Public Support
Intention, Damage, and Age of Transgressor as Determinants of Children's Moral Judgments.
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Suls, Jerry; Kalle, Robert J. – Child Development, 1978
Examined kindergarten, first, third, and fifth graders' reactions to the moral transgressions of children and adults. The stories presented to the children varied in terms of intention, damage, and age of transgressor. (BD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Elementary School Students, Moral Development
Adults' Judgments about Adolescents' Moral Judgments.
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Pressley, Michael; And Others – Child Development, 1980
College students who took the Defining Issues Test (DIT) were instructed to simulate the responses of 11-, 15-, and 19-year-old adolescents; other college students selected moral issues which they believed should be presented to adolescents in those age groups who were faced with the moral dilemmas in the DIT. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Age Differences, College Students, Ethical Instruction
Children's Social Reasoning in Context: Reply to Gabennesch.
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Helwig, Charles C.; And Others – Child Development, 1990
Moral judgments are an important aspect of social reasoning, not arbitrary products of social formations. Maintains that Gabennesch relegates moral concepts to reification, failing to account for the distinctions between conventionality and moral concepts. (BC)
Descriptors: Children, Ethics, Ethnocentrism, Moral Development
Family Interactions and the Development of Moral Reasoning.
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Walker, Lawrence J.; Taylor, John H. – Child Development, 1991
Examined parents' role in the development of their children's moral reasoning. Differences in interaction style in discussions of hypothetical and of real-life dilemmas were found. Children's moral development was best predicted by a parental discussion style involving supportive interactions and the presentation of higher level moral reasoning.…
Descriptors: Discussion, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries