The Perception of Social Conventionality by Children and Adults.

Gabennesch, Howard

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ERIC Number: EJ426187

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Publication Date: 1990

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The Perception of Social Conventionality by Children and Adults.

Gabennesch, Howard

Child Development, v61 n6 p2047-59 Dec 1990

Some studies indicate that individuals recognize conventional norms as social contrivances; others, that individuals reify social formations as something other than social products. Questions about comparatively transparent rules and the use of simplistic questions for complex phenomena give an exaggerated portrayal of individuals' awareness of social conventionality. (BC)

Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Standards, Children, Ethnocentrism, Moral Development, Moral Values, Phenomenology, Realism, Social Attitudes, Social Behavior, Social Cognition

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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