A constructivist approach to understanding the development of reasoning about rights and authority within cultural contexts

Cognitive Development

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 1429-1450

  Neff, Kristin D ^a   Helwig, Charles C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Moral orientations; Social reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036747437     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2014(02)00126-0     Document Type: Article

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