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Easy on the Mind, Easy on the Wrongdoer: Discrepantly Fluent Violations Are Deemed Less Morally Wrong
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Laham, Simon M.; Alter, Adam L.; Goodwin, Geoffrey P. – Cognition, 2009
The present experiment tested the hypothesis that discrepancies in processing fluency influence the perceived wrongness of moral violations. Participants were presented with numerous moral violations in easy or difficult to read fonts. For some violations, experienced perceptual fluency was consistent with the fluency associated with previous…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Moral Values, Sex Role, Value Judgment
Rethinking the Censorship Issue.
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Neuman, Susan B. – English Journal, 1986
Reviews the censorship debate in light of three underlying assumptions: (1) reading influences the opinions and beliefs of the reader; (2) the effect of a book, article, or passage is universal, implying there is one correct meaning for a particular work; and (3) the effects of reading are context independent. (SRT)
Descriptors: Censorship, Intellectual Freedom, Literacy, Moral Issues
Taking Chances with Sex. Title No. 502.
DeVault, Christine – 1989
This story, one of three in The Sexuality Decision-Making Series for Teens, contains several different possible plot lines depending on the decisions the reader makes for the characters at varous "choice points." The study focuses on the theme of birth control: when Christy and David decide to have sex, they have to face the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Contraception, Decision Making, Moral Issues
Too Soon for Sex? Title No. 501.
DeVault, Christine – 1989
This story, one of three in The Sexuality Decision-Making Series for Teens, contains several different possible plot lines depending on the decisions the reader makes for the characters at various "choice points." The story focuses on the theme of abstinence: Serena and James are in love and need to face the realities of their sexual…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Decision Making, Moral Issues, Moral Values
Don't Let It Get Around. Title No. 503.
DeVault, Christine – 1989
This story, one of three in The Sexuality Decision-Making Series for Teens, contains several different possible plot lines depending on the decisions the reader makes for the characters at various "choice points." The study focuses on the theme of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs): Tracy and Tom have been in love for a year, and they…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Decision Making, Moral Issues, Moral Values
Teaching Ideas for Using the Sexuality Decision-Making Books for Teens. Title No. 500.
Middleton, Kathleen – 1989
This document is a teacher's guide for using The Sexual Decision-Making Series for Teens, consisting of three interactive fiction books that address the following topics for young people: sexual abstinence ("Too Soon for Sex?"), birth control ("Taking Chances with Sex"), and the prevention of sexually transmitted disease…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Contraception, Decision Making, Guidelines
Literature, Values, and Truth: Why We Could Lose the Censorship Debate.
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Bogdan, Deanne – 1986
The humanist position for the teaching of values can be turned against English teachers and literature education when it is based primarily on the assumption that literature directly portrays life, a strategy which was used by a religious fundamentalist group, Renaissance Peterborough, in its dispute with officials of Peterborough County, Ontario,…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Aesthetic Values, Censorship, Community Attitudes