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1996 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

The development of children's socio-moral judgments.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 07610113
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 教育・社会系心理学
Research InstitutionSaitama University

Principal Investigator

SHUTO Toshimoto  Saitama Univ.Department of Education, Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (30187504)

Project Period (FY) 1995 – 1996
Keywordssocial domain theory / social rule / social cognitive development / moral judgment / social conflict resolution / school education
Research Abstract

The present research examined development of children's distinct domains of socio-moral cognitive knowledge, i.e., moral, conventional, and personal domain. First, 83 young children were observed their social conflicts at nursery school. It was found that types of social interactions differed dependent on domains of conflicts, and preschool children made different judgments for moral, conventional, and prudential transgressions.
Next, 158 elementary school children were presented several stories about moral and conventional transgressions and personal acts, and were asked criterion judgments about them. Results revealed children made judgments for typical transgressions in each domain based on their qualitative distinct domain concepts. There was no significant age and sex difference in their judgments. Children's concepts of sex role were also examined in terms of domain approach. The results suggested that boy's cross-gender activities were interpreted by using both conventional and p … More ersonal concepts, on the other hand girl's cross-gender activities were judged based on only personal concepts.
Finally, domain concepts of parents and teachers were examined. One hundred-ninety two mothers were asked to evaluate teacher's method of intervention in 18 children's transgressions. The results showed that mothers expected different methods of intervention to moral, conventional, and prudential violations. Seventy teachers were requested to evaluate three types of children's transgressions, and to reason their judgments. Teacher made judgments differently in accordance with features of each domain. They reasoned the seriousness of moral transgressions by using concepts of justice, welfare, and rights, and reasoned the wrongness of conventional transgressions by using social order, existence of social rule, and social coordination.
These results indicated that different social contexts in accordance with each domain exist, domain concepts develop in early childhood, children coordinate among domains cognitively to mixed domain events. It was also suggested that domain approaches were effective for studying children's socio-moral cognitive development. Less

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  • [Publications] 首藤敏元: "幼児の向社会的行動と自己主張-自己抑制" 発達臨床心理学研究(筑波大学). 7号. 77-86 (1996)

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  • [Publications] 首藤敏元: "幼児の社会道徳的逸脱行動と社会的文脈" 日本発達心理学会第8回大会発表論文集. 8. 108- (1997)

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  • [Publications] 利根川智子・首藤敏元: "挑発場面と偶発場面における幼児の社会的問題解決とその対人行動との関連" 埼玉大学紀要教育学部(教育科学I). 45(1). 83-94 (1996)

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  • [Publications] 首藤敏元: "児童の性役割概念に関する社会的領域理論からのアプローチ" 日本心理学会第61回大会発表論文集. 61(印刷中). (1997)

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  • [Publications] 首藤敏元: "幼児の社会道徳的葛藤場面における教師の働きかけ方に対する母親と幼児の評価" 日本教育心理学会第39回総会発表論文集. 39(印刷中). (1997)

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  • [Publications] Shuto, T.: "The relation of self-assertion and self-inhibition to prosocial behavior in young children." Bulletin of Tsukuba Developmental and Clinical Psychology. Vol.7. 77-86 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Tonegawa, T.and Shuto, T.: "Young children's social problem solving abilities in provocative and accidental situations, and their relations to interpersonal behaviors." Journal of Saitama University (Faculty of Education). Vol.45, No.1. 83-94 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Shuto, T.: "Conflict resolution in young children's social interactions involving moral, conventional and prudential transgressions : An obervational study." The 8th conference of Japanese Developmental Psychology Associate. Vol.8. 108 (1977)

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  • [Publications] Shuto, T.: "Young children's and their mothers' evaluations of teacher method of intervention in classroom settings : An approach from social domain theory." The 39th conference of Japanese Educational Psychology Associate. Vol.39(in press).

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  • [Publications] Shuto, T.: "Children's concepts of cross-gender activities : An approach from social domain theory." The 61st conference of Japanese Psychology Associate. Vol.61(in press).

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