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Li, Pearl Han; Harris, Paul L.; Koenig, Melissa A. – Developmental Psychology, 2019
What does it take know a moral truth or principle? Although testimony is an undisputed source of empirical knowledge of contingent facts, it is less clear whether it is possible to acquire "second-hand moral knowledge" (Jones, 1999; Wolff, 1998). In the present studies, 3- to 5-year-old Chinese (N = 124) and U.S. American (N = 90)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Cultural Differences, Decision Making
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Helwig, Charles C.; Yang, Shaogang; Tan, Dingliang; Liu, Chunqiong; Shao, Tiffany – Child Development, 2011
This research applied social domain theory to illuminate reasoning about the perceived legitimacy and limits of group decision making (majority rule) among adolescents from urban and rural China (N = 160). Study 1 revealed that adolescents from both urban and rural China judged group decision making as acceptable for both social conventional and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Decision Making, Evaluative Thinking, Logical Thinking
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Helwig, Charles C.; Arnold, Mary Louise; Tan, Dingliang; Boyd, Dwight – Child Development, 2003
This study explored judgments and reasoning of Chinese 13- to 18-year-olds regarding making decisions involving children in peer, family, and school contexts. Findings indicated that judgments and reasoning about decision-making varied by social context and by the decision under consideration. Evaluations of procedures became more differentiated…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Child Relationship, Age Differences, Childrens Rights