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ERIC Number: EJ380603
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Children's Understanding of Moral Emotions.
Nunner-Winkler, Gertrud; Sodian, Beate
Child Development, v59 n5 p1323-38 Oct 1988
Studied the emotional attributions which 60 children aged four-eight gave to a story figure who violated a moral rule. Results suggested a clear change from outcome-oriented toward morally oriented attributions to a moral wrongdoer between the different age groups. (RJC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Empathy, Inferences, Moral Development, Moral Values, Social Cognition, Value Judgment, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Emotions; Rule Breaking