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The Relation of Political Attitudes to Constraint-Oriented and Prosocial Moral Reasoning
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Eisenberg-Berg, Nancy – Developmental Psychology, 1976
Descriptors: Moral Development, Political Attitudes, Prosocial Behavior, Secondary Education
The Relationship of Preschoolers' Reasoning about Prosocial Moral Conflicts to Prosocial Behavior.
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Eisenberg-Berg, Nancy; Hand, Michael – Child Development, 1979
Examines the relationship between 35 preschoolers' moral reasoning about altruistic moral conflicts and their sharing, helping, and comforting in a naturalistic environment. (JMB)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Altruism, Moral Development, Preschool Children
The Effects of Possession and Ownership on the Sharing and Proprietary Behaviors of Preschool Children.
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Eisenberg-Berg, Nancy; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1981
Investigates preschool children's behavioral responses to linguistic cues regarding ownership of objects, examining the effects of such cues on children's physical or verbal attempts to take an object in another's possession, and on verbalization of claims of ownership. (RH)
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Prosocial Behavior, Research Methodology, Verbal Communication
Effects of Instructions concerning Ownership of a Toy on Preschoolers' Sharing and Defensive Behaviors.
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Eisenberg-Berg, Nancy; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1979
Sixty-eight preschoolers (30 to 60 months old) were told that a toy belonged either to them or to the class or were given no specific instructions. Their subsequent behavior with the toy was observed. (JMB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Prosocial Behavior
Content of Preachings and Power of the Model/Preacher: The Effect on Children's Generosity.
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Eisenberg-Berg, Nancy; Geisheker, Elizabeth – Developmental Psychology, 1979
Descriptors: Competence, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Empathy
Children's Moral Reasoning about Their Own Spontaneous Prosocial Behavior.
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Eisenberg-Berg, Nancy; Neal, Cynthia – Developmental Psychology, 1979
Twenty-two preschoolers aged 48-63 months were observed and questioned by a familiar experimenter about their spontaneous helping, sharing, or comforting behavior over a 12-week period. (JMB)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Moral Development, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Empathy and Moral Developeent in Adolescence.
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Eisenberg-Berg, Nancy; Mussen, Paul – Developmental Psychology, 1978
Investigates the relationship between empathy and two measures of moral development (Prosocial Moral Reasoning and Helping) and parental socialization practices in a sample of 72 students from grades 9, 11 and 12. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Rearing, Cognitive Processes, Empathy
Relationship of Prosocial Moral Reasoning to Altruism, Political Liberalism, and Intelligence.
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Eisenberg-Berg, Nancy – Developmental Psychology, 1979
Investigates whether several factors (intelligence, political liberalism, and altruistic behavior) previously found to be related to prohibition moral reasoning (about issues involving laws, rules, authorities, and formal obligations) are also associated with level of prosocial moral reasoning. Students in grades 9, 11, and 12 were tested.…
Descriptors: Altruism, High School Students, Intelligence, Moral Development
Altruism and the Assessment of Empathy in the Preschool Years.
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Eisenberg-Berg, Nancy; Lennon, Randy – Child Development, 1980
Assessed the relation between four- and five-year-olds' prosocial behavior and empathy with a modified version of the Feshbach empathy measure. Prosocial behaviors were assessed naturalistically over 10 weeks. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Altruism, Comprehension, Emotional Experience, Empathy
Development of Children's Prosocial Moral Judgment.
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Eisenberg-Berg, Nancy – Developmental Psychology, 1979
Examined the development of reasoning about prosocial moral dilemmas in 125 elementary and high school students. Also attempted to determine the relationship of structure of prosocial moral judgment to story solution. (JMB)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Children's Moral Reasoning About Their Own Spontaneous Prosocial Behavior.
Eisenberg-Berg, Nancy; Neal, Cynthia – 1977
This paper describes research which involved (1) the study of children's moral reasoning about their own spontaneous prosocial behavior and (2) an examination of the early development of such reasoning. Prosocial moral reasoning is defined as reasoning about conflicts in which the individual must choose between satisfying his or her own wants,…
Descriptors: Altruism, Classroom Observation Techniques, Ethics, Interpersonal Competence