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ERIC Number: EJ786015
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Jan
Pages: 19
Abstractor: Author
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0885-2014
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Thought about Actions in Social Domains: Morality, Social Conventions, and Social Interactions
Turiel, Elliot
Cognitive Development, v23 n1 p136-154 Jan 2008
Judgments about actual and hypothetical events were examined. The study, conducted in elementary (first, third, and fifth grades) and junior high (seventh grades) schools, included behavioral observations and assessments of judgments. Observations were conducted of 108 events classified as moral, as conventional, and as mixed type. Participants' reactions and communications differed by domain of the event. Judgments and justifications of 312 participants in the events showed that they discriminated between the domains on several dimensions. Judgments and justifications corresponded with ones made about comparable hypothetical situations. The study supported the proposition that judgments in the domains of morality and social convention about actual events correspond with judgments about hypothetical situations. It was also found that the domains are associated with the ways children interact socially.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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