The Personal and the Political in Reasoning and Action.

Miller, Fayneese

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Publication Date: 1992

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The Personal and the Political in Reasoning and Action.

Miller, Fayneese

New Directions for Child Development, n56 p53-63 Sum 1992

Several studies indicate that adolescents in the United States think about political issues that have relevance to their lives in ways that differ from their thinking about issues that do not have such relevance. Proposes (1) a model of moral or social reasoning; and (2) two categories of reasoning: instrumental and symbolic. (BC)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Beliefs, Models, Political Issues, Political Socialization, Values

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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