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ERIC Number: EJ218250
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979-May
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Effect of Language on Preference for Responses to a Moral Dilemma.
Moran, Joseph J.; Joniak, Andrew J.
Developmental Psychology, v15 n3 p337-38 May 1979
Challenges studies supporting Kohlberg's claim of invariance in the development of moral judgment which maintain that subjects' preferred responses to moral dilemmas are based on higher stages of thinking. Findings indicate language rather than levels of thinking is a significant factor in subjects' response preferences. (CM)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Decision Making, Higher Education, Language, Moral Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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