Moral Reasoning in the Context of Ego Functioning.

摘要: This study is an attempt to overcome the rationalistic bias in contemporary moral psychology by placing reasoning development within broader context of ego functioning. Participants were 63 Grade 5 students, 72 10 and 69 midlife adults who responded a judgment interview (to assess stage) participated dyadic discussion conflicts (from which observers rated various processes). A subsample 66 students was reinter viewed 3 years later extent development. Results indicated that functioning predictive both concurrent level over time. However, unrelated measures disequilibrium. These findings imply cognition can be meaning fully integrated with aspects personality suggest more holistic models