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ERIC Number: EJ436392
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Understanding Differences in Moral Judgements: The Role of Informational Assumptions.
Wainryb, Cecilia
Child Development, v62 n4 p840-51 Aug 1991
Examined differences in moral judgments as they relate to informational assumptions. Sixth graders, high school seniors, and college students evaluated events concerning welfare, justice, and rights and reevaluated them in light of the opposite information. The relation between evaluations and informational assumptions was significant within each age group. (Author/GLR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Age Differences, Beliefs, College Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 12, Grade 6, Higher Education, Moral Values, Preadolescents, Value Judgment
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Informational Assumptions; Moral Reasoning