Young children's moral and social conflicts: The relationships between judgments of matched practical and hypothetical events.
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Title
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Young children's moral and social conflicts: The relationships between judgments of matched practical and hypothetical events.
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Identifier
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AAI9908379
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identifier
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9908379
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Creator
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Weber Link, Tracey Lynne.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Herb Saltzstein
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Date
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1998
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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 | Education, Early Childhood | Psychology, Social
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Abstract
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This study investigated moral reasoning about actual and hypothetical conflicts. Children aged 3-5 years were observed in naturally occurring conflicts and interviewed about what had happened and why, their judgments of intentionality, whether a rule applied, the ability to describe how both the self and other felt, and their moral judgments and justifications of the event. One month later, hypothetical stories constructed to match the child's prior conflict, in terms of content and context, were presented and the children were again interviewed, as in the practical condition. Results indicated both consistencies and differences in the children's construals of the two matched events, but general predictions regarding the methodological importance of matching hypothetical stories to familiar, real world events were supported. Contrary to predictions, role as an initiator or recipient did not influence judgments or event construals, except in causal attributions. In all analyses, events were significantly judged "not ok", regardless of condition or participant role. Results are discussed in relation to prior research on moral judgments of hypothetical vignettes and implications are drawn for theory and research on the relationship between practical and hypothetical moral reasoning.
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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.
