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ERIC Number: EJ373928
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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When Do American Children and Adults Reason in Social Conventional Terms?
Miller, Joan G.; Bersoff, David M.
Developmental Psychology, v24 n3 p366-75 May 1988
A total of 20 children between seven and 11 years of age and 20 adults categorized rules of perceived high social utility in social conventional terms in both public and private contexts; but they categorized rules of perceived low social utility in social conventional terms in private contexts and in personal terms in public contexts. (RH)
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Classification, Comprehension, Context Effect, Evaluative Thinking, Hypothesis Testing
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Content Structure; Rule Application; Social Conventional Reasoning; Social Utility