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Peer reviewedWainryb, Cecilia; Ford, Sherrie – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1998
Interviewed 3-, 5-, and 7-year olds about events in which a character commits potentially harmful or unfair acts based on moral beliefs or informational beliefs not shared by participants, or based on informational beliefs shared by participants. Found that children accounted for informational beliefs in their judgments, but that children…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Children, Evaluation, Individual Differences
Peer reviewedJones, Elaine F.; Nelson-Le Gall, Sharon – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1995
Two studies explored preschool, second-, and fifth-grade children's moral and dispositional judgments as influenced by an actor's efforts. Findings indicated that older children's judgments and predictions reflected coordination of the actor's effort with information about the actor's anticipated goal. Preschool children focused more on the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Elementary School Students, Intention
