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ON THE ONTOGENETIC DEVELOPMENT OF MORAL CRITERIA
Author(s) -
Wright J. M.,
Niemelä Pirkko
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1966.tb01339.x
Subject(s) - remorse , psychology , action (physics) , nice , dimension (graph theory) , social psychology , developmental psychology , combinatorics , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , computer science , programming language
Changes in the dimensionality of the moral criteria, i.e. of those aspects of an action‐sequence to which a person pays attention when judging how good/bad (nice/naughty) the agent is, were studied with 7‐, 10‐, and 13‐year‐old girls and adult subjects. Action sequences varying in respect to potential moral criteria were presented as cartoons. A proximity setting technique and Kruskal's (1964) method of analysis were used. In the younger age groups a remorse‐spite‐dimension was obtained, the motive criterion becoming more dominant and differentiated with age. Methodological problems are discussed.