Antecedents of shift in moral judgment.

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Used L. Kohlberg's interview technique to assess the moral judgment of 76 male 7th graders. Role-taking, stage mixture, intelligence, socioeconomic status, and social desirability were also assessed. Ss were then matched in pairs on morality scores, and one-half were randomly assigned to a no-treatment condition. The other Ss were exposed to moral reasoning 1 stage above their initial stage. Ss were interviewed again to assess their moral judgment. Pretest, posttest, and experimental materials were independent. On the posttest, striking differences were found for the effectiveness of the experimental treatment for Ss at different levels of moral judgment. Ss at the preconventional level shifted upward more than Ss at the conventional level. Social desirability was associated with change, while role taking, intelligence, stage mixture, and socioeconomic status were not. (23 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

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