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The Meaning of Autonomy in Psychological Theory.
Davidson, Philip M. – 1991
The concept of autonomous identity, derived from Piaget's theory of personality, is distinguished from other applications of the term "autonomy" in psychological theory. Introductory comments suggest that both biological and mental development express autonomy in the same two senses: as self-regulating and progressively self-liberating.…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Developmental Psychology, Individual Development, Moral Development
Contra-Kohlberg: A Philosophical Reinterpretation of Moral Development.
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Senchuk, Dennis M. – Educational Theory, 1981
The validity of Lawrence Kohlberg's empirical findings and of his cognitive developmental approach to understanding moral development is questioned. An alternative theory of moral development which emphasizes moral sensibility as well as reasoned moral judgment is proposed. (PP)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Affective Behavior, Attitude Change, Cognitive Development
Why Are Nonprototypical Events So Difficult, and What Are the Implications for Social-Developmental Psychology?
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Saltzstein, Herbert D. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1991
Reviews three studies of high school and college students' reasoning about nonprototypical issues in the context of the development and differentiation of evaluative domains. Considers possible answers to questions concerning the organization and functioning of moral thought in relation to the studies' findings. Suggests future directions for…
Descriptors: Abortions, College Students, Developmental Psychology, High School Students
Adolescents' Self-Attributed Moral Emotions Following a Moral Transgression: Relations with Delinquency, Confidence in Moral Judgment and Age
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Krettenauer, Tobias; Eichler, Dana – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2006
The study investigates adolescents' self-attributed moral emotions following a moral transgression by expanding research with children on the happy-victimizer phenomenon. In a sample of 200 German adolescents from Grades 7, 9, 11, and 13 (M=16.18 years, SD=2.41), participants were confronted with various scenarios describing different moral rule…
Descriptors: Social Desirability, Adolescents, Value Judgment, Moral Development
Tracing the Emergence of Morality in Friendship Development.
Keller, Monica; Edelstein, Wolfgang – Moral Education Forum, 1990
Studied development of moral reasoning in friendship conflicts by interviewing 120 children, ages 7, 9, and 12, using a moral dilemma narrative. Selected four issues to represent the levels of sociomoral reasoning. Showed sociomoral reasoning development is sequential and cumulative. Identified how commitment and responsibility progress in…
Descriptors: Child Psychology, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Developmental Psychology
Male and Female Judgments of Moral Issues--Saudi Arabians and U.S. Americans.
Thomas, R. Murray; Rasheed, Mohammed A. – 1990
An analysis of the opinions of 126 Saudi Arabian and of 166 U.S. students about 6 instances of law violations indicated that the gender of the student making the moral judgment was not a dominant factor in the student's selecting consequences to be experienced by people who committed the acts represented in the 6 cases. However, there were…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences, Developmental Psychology, Foreign Countries
Judging Social Issues: Difficulties, Inconsistencies, and Consistencies.
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Turiel, Elliot; And Others – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1991
Three studies examined high school and college students' reasoning about issues of abortion, homosexuality, pornography, and incest. In the first study, groups differed in judgments about these issues but not about moral issues in general. Findings of second study paralleled those of first. Third study showed that assumptions associated with…
Descriptors: Abortions, College Students, Developmental Psychology, Evaluative Thinking