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Moral Schemas and Tacit Judgement or How the Defining Issues Test Is Supported by Cognitive Science.

Narvaez, Darcia; Bock, Tonia – Journal of Moral Education, 2002
Discusses three core moral judgement ideas: (1) modern schema theory, (2) automatic decision-making frequency, and (3) implicit processes as the default mode of human information processing. Compares the Defining Issues Test (measures the beginnings of moral judgement) and the Lawrence Kohlberg Moral Judgement Interview (measures the highest level…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education