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ERIC Number: EJ347794
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Prosocial Reasoning among Children and Adults in a Papua New Guinea Society.
Tietjen, Anne Marie
Developmental Psychology, v22 n6 p861-68 Nov 1986
Eisenberg's prosocial moral reasoning interview, adapted to the setting, was administered to members of a small-scale, traditional, collectivistically oriented society. The sample consisted of 69 elementary school children, 8 adolescents, and 24 adults from the Maisin people. Results of the study support the idea that moral reasoning patterns develop as adaptive responses to actual circumstances of social living. (Author/DR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Collective Settlements, Developmental Psychology, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Prosocial Behavior, Psychological Needs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Hedonism; Moral Reasoning; Papua New Guinea (Maisin)