Discusses the incidence of crime (and other indicators of alienation) for school-aged, young Americans in terms of sociological variables. Draws on the tradition of research in culture and personality to interpret these failures of socialization in terms of certain widespread changes in patterns of child-rearing. (Author/JAC)

Through the use of a self report measure, evidence was provided for the hypothesis that the tendency to adopt either the ethics of personal conscience or the ethics of social responsibility in relation to moral principles is a result of the adherent's underlying personality structure. (Author/KJ)

Study supports hypothesis that poorly socialized but apparently nondelinquent students were, as a group, relatively empathic and that this empathic disposition compensated for their poor socialization. (Authors/MB)

Theories of legal socialization can be classified as either content or process models. The present paper suggests that the latter suffer from two major misconceptions: a lack of interest in the behavioral consequences of legal judgments, and the assumption that judgments are the causes of action. (MS)

Discusses the relationship between human rule systems and social action. Evidence is presented which suggests that behavior dimensions can be objectively assessed and that the suggested model works well in predicting and explaining moral conduct. (Author/DEP)

To study development of social speech, 18 dyads of children, ages 3 1/2 to 5, were videotaped in 15-minute play sessions. Results suggest that early forms of social speech entail a surprising level of interpersonal understanding, and that these speech forms are amenable to systematic study. (ST)

Four forms of individualism (romantic, egoistic, ideological, and alienated) are distinguished and their roots in American psychology traced. In opposition to this theoretically egocentric perspective, a new psychological role theory is espoused and its implications explored with special emphasis on the dilemma of contemporary ambivalence toward…

This paper deals with two specific issues: the explanation of moral conduct and the structure of moral character. The purpose of the paper is to describe a new psychological perspective on moral conduct, and to discuss some empirical findings which follow from this perspective. Morality is regarded here as a natural phenomenon which considers…

This paper presents: (1) a definition of values; (2) a measure of moral values which seems to have adequate conceptual and psychometric properties; and (3) evidence concerning the personological correlates of mature moral judgment. Values are defined as the standards used in moral evaluations and the criteria for choosing rules of conduct. Using a…