Developmental Changes and Individual Differences in Young Children's Moral Judgments

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 683-696

  Smetana, Judith G ^a   Rote, Wendy M ^a   Jambon, Marc ^a   Tasopoulos Chan, Marina ^a   Villalobos, Myriam ^a   Comer, Jessamy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MORALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIALIZATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; JUDGMENT; MALE; MORAL DEVELOPMENT; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 84858199646     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01714.x     Document Type: Article

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