Study 1 involved a standard interview of first- and third-graders, who consistently rated hypothetical conventional infractions as affectively neutral but tended to regard moral transgressions as affectively negative. Study 2 experimentally manipulated affect prior to a controlled recall task involving moral and conventional stories. (Author/KS)

Reviews Kohlberg's research on moral development and criticizes standard issue scoring, a measure of individual developmental stages of moral judgment. Discusses problems with the Moral Judgment Interview's content and scoring, suggesting longitudinal, comparative, and gender-related research needed to resolve problems of validity and reliability.…

This study was conducted to determine the relationship between moral judgment and personality or attitude toward authority; variation of attitude toward authority through adolescence; and bias of Kohlbergian moral development toward a liberal political philosophy. Results were discussed in terms of the political and psychological features of…

Preschool children reasoned and made judgments about stories that varied in dimensions previously found to be associated with judgments in two social-cognitive domains, moral and conventional, to examine types of information that produce differentiated judgments in young children. (Author/DST)

Influence of motive-outcome valence matching and outcome foreseeability on perception of intentionality and moral judgments were compared. Preschool children and adult subjects were asked directly to make attributions of intentionality to and a moral judgment of the 21 story characters. Findings suggest that outcome foreseeability significantly…

There are three basic factors influencing a president's ability to provide moral direction for an institution: respect for the rights of others, an appreciation of reality, and the idea that education is always a privilege. Education should shape character as well as confer competence. (MSE)

It is proposed that the effectiveness of higher education institutions is inherently tied to the ethical and moral development of its populace, and that a rethinking of educational outcomes is needed if American higher education is to reverse a gradual decline in its fundamental mission. (Author/MSE)

Reviews the oral tradition and suggests that by drawing on the long tradition of stories in all cultures, fiction can be crucial in the extension of understanding of imaginative experience, of values and attitudes, and of real learning for all children. (HOD)

Growing public concern with student discipline, increases in student suicide rates, homicides, and high pregnancy rates of teenage girls are causing educators to give renewed attention to the concept of "character development" in public education. (MD)

Studies the ways in which citizens rationalize their obedience or disobedience to the law. There is a clear correspondence between cognitive structure, or moral reasoning, and political-legal predispositions. Political involvement is the catalyst which converts moral development into political maturity. (Author/CS)

Proposes changes in commercial television programing on human sexuality that would create a less confusing, more healthy atmosphere for adolescents. They include creating a climate for discussion of contraception, stopping sexual exploitation, illuminating the joys and woes of childrearing, and presenting positive role modeling for family…

Ludvig Holberg was an outstanding contributor to comedy and other branches of literature during the early 18th century. He advanced the movement later known as the Enlightenment, promoted the ideals of morality through humor and satire, and issued challenges to contemporary school and society. (RM)

A field work, internship, or practicum course, by virtue of its emphasis on practical decisions and interventions, is perhaps more directly concerned with values and ethical issues than any other course in the undergraduate psychology curriculum. Methods and resources for facilitating discussion of ethical issues are discussed. (RM)

Reviews current conceptions of rhetorical theory and criticism. Proposes that the ultimate goal and justification of rhetorical theory and criticism be regarded as pedagogical: to teach students how to experience their rhetorical environments more richly. (PD)

Two intensive 11-week moral education programs improved the moral reasoning abilities of medium-security prison inmates. One program was based on the cognitive disequilibrium induction techniques of the Kohlberg orientation, the second on the adequacy of the moral reasoning competencies approach advocated by the Association for Values Education…