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Moral virtue and practical wisdom: theme comprehension in children, youth, and adults.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21171549     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The authors tested 3 hypotheses about the relation of moral comprehension to prudential comprehension by contrasting comprehension of themes in moral stories with comprehension of themes in prudential stories among third-grade, fifth-grade, and college students (n = 168) in Study 1, and among college students, young and middle-aged adults, and older adults (n = 96) in Study 2. In both studies, all groups were statistically significantly better at moral theme comprehension than prudential theme comprehension, suggesting that moral comprehension may develop prior to prudential comprehension. In Study 2, all groups performed equally on moral theme generation whereas both adult groups were significantly better than college students on prudential theme generation. Overall, the findings of these studies provide modest evidence that moral and prudential comprehension each develop separately, and that the latter may develop more slowly.
Authors:
Darcia Narvaez; Tracy Gleason; Christyan Mitchell
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of genetic psychology     Volume:  171     ISSN:  0022-1325     ISO Abbreviation:  J Genet Psychol     Publication Date:    2010 Oct-Dec
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-12-21     Completed Date:  2011-01-13     Revised Date:  2012-05-07    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  2985112R     Medline TA:  J Genet Psychol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  363-88     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
University of Notre Dame, Department of Psychology, South Bend, IN 46556, USA. dnarvaez@nd.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Achievement
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged, 80 and over
Child
Comprehension*
Fantasy
Female
Generalization (Psychology)
Goals
Humans
Intention
Male
Middle Aged
Moral Development*
Problem Solving
Reading
Social Adjustment
Social Control, Informal
Social Values
Virtues*
Young Adult
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
HD-07151/HD/NICHD NIH HHS
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