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Gilligan, Carol; Attanucci, Jane – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1988
Argues against J. Vasudev's claim that sex differences disappear in studies that control for socioeconomic status. Contends that women and men are not socioeconomic equals. Recommends that theories based on all-male research samples be questioned and that differences in women's moral orientation be accounted for in studies. (SKC)
Descriptors: Moral Development, Psychological Studies, Research Design, Research Problems
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Gilligan, Carol; Attanucci, Jane – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1988
Examines evidence of justice and care perspectives in 46 men's and 34 women's discussions of actual moral conflicts. Also considers whether an association between moral orientation and gender exists. While gender differences are found, findings suggest that people know and use both justice and care perspectives in their moral orientations. (RH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Developmental Stages, Moral Development, Research Needs
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Kohlberg, Lawrence; Gilligan, Carol – Daedalus, 1971
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Development, Discovery Learning, History
Brown, Lyn Mikel; Gilligan, Carol – 1992
A study explored girls' development and its implication for the psychology of women. From 1986-1990, nearly 100 girls between the ages of 7 and 18 at the Laurel School for Girls in Cleveland, Ohio, were interviewed. Most of the girls were from middle- or upper-middle-class families (80%), although some were scholarship students from working-class…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Developmental Psychology, Early Adolescents, Elementary Secondary Education
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Murphy, John Michael; Gilligan, Carol – Human Development, 1980
Provides an alternative conception of postconventional moral development which fits existing data on late adolescent and adult moral judgment better than Kohlberg's higher stage descriptions. Data is from a longitudinal study of 26 undergraduates at Harvard. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages
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Brown, Lyn Mikel; Gilligan, Carol – New Directions for Child Development, 1991
A "Guide to Listening" to the ways people describe their experiences is outlined. The literary, clinical, and feminist dimensions of the method used in the "Guide to Listening" are discussed. A case study of a 12-year-old girl illustrates the method. (LB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Child Development, Feminism
Sneed, Joel R.; Johnson, Jeffrey G.; Cohen, Patricia; Gilligan, Carol; Chen, Henian; Crawford, Thomas N.; Kasen, Stephanie – Developmental Psychology, 2006
Data from the Children in the Community Transitions Study were used to examine gender differences in the impact of family contact on the development of finance and romance instrumentality from ages 17 to 27 years. Family contact decreased among both men and women across emerging adulthood, although it decreased more rapidly in men than in women.…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Family Relationship, Young Adults, Data Analysis