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ERIC Number: EJ558644
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0195-2269
Culture, Universals, and the Personal.
Nucci, Larry
New Directions for Child Development, n76 p5-22 Sum 1997
A personal area of behavior comprising matters of choice and privacy, and differentiated from convention and moral obligation, is a psychological requirement for the construction of a distinct and bounded self. Accurate investigations of this dynamic require differentiation between cultural ideology and conceptual frames of individuals. (Author)
Descriptors: Children, Context Effect, Cultural Influences, Culture, Moral Development, Privacy, Psychological Needs, Self Concept
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Choice Behavior; Cultural Universals
Note: Theme issue: Culture as a Context for Moral Development: New Perspectives on the Particular and the Universal. For commentaries on this article, see PS 527 507 and PS 527 508.