Comprehension and use of complex moral judgement factors in conduct disordered and normal boys.
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Title
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Comprehension and use of complex moral judgement factors in conduct disordered and normal boys.
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Identifier
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AAI8820899
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identifier
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8820899
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Creator
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Sanvitale, Daniel R.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Marian Fish
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Date
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1988
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Developmental
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Abstract
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Forty eight male subjects participated in a developmental study of moral judgement and its relationship to social functioning. Half of the subjects were 5th grade boys while the other half were 8th grade male adolescents. Half of each were selected for frequent acting-out, aggressive behavior (conduct disordered) and half were selected from regular 5th and 8th grade classes, and matched for intelligence. The stories featured good intentions with bad outcome and varied as to whether or not the outcome was foreseeable and to whether or not extenuating circumstances were present. Subjects judged the actions on predetermined scales and subsequently provided their rationale in a structured interview.;The difference in judgements between foreseeable and nonforeseeable actions, as well as between extenuating and nonextenuating circumstances was greater for "normal" subjects (versus acting-out subjects), and for 8th grade students (versus 5th grade students). In fact, although normal subjects judged foreseeable actions more harshly than acting-out subjects, the reverse was true for nonforeseeable actions. Similarly, while normal subjects judged the actions in stories with extenuating circumstances more leniently than acting-out subjects, the reverse was true for stories with no extenuating circumstances.;The interview revealed that stories with foreseeable outcomes were seen as more intentional than those with unforeseeable outcomes, and stories with no extenuating circumstances were judged more intentional than those with extenuating circumstances. Further, protagonists of stories with nonforeseeable outcomes were liked more by the subjects that protagonists of foreseeable outcome stories. Stories with nonextenuating circumstances were liked less than those with extenuating circumstances. Also, acting-out subjects seemed to like the protagonists more than normal subjects, in foreseeable and nonextenuating circumstance stories, whereas normal 8th grade subjects liked the "nonforeseeable" protagonist and the "extenuating circumstance" protagonist more.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
