Development of Social Knowledge - Morality and Convention

List of contents

Preface; 1. Introduction: approaches to the study of social knowledge; 2. Structure and development; 3. Social experience and social knowledge; 4. Dimensions of social judgments; 5. Rules and prohibitions; 6. The development of concepts of social convention and coordination of domains; 7. The development of moral judgments; 8. Noncognitive approaches to moral development: internalization and biological determinism; 9. Social judgments and actions: coordination of domains; 10. Conclusions: interaction, development, and rationality; References; Index.

Summary

Elliot Turiel's work focuses on the development of moral judgement in children and adolescents and, more generally, on their evolving understanding of the conventions of social systems. This study will be of interest to a wide range of researchers and students in child development and education.

Product details

• Authors: Elliot Turiel
• Assisted by: Robert Emde (Editor), Carolyn Shantz (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.04.1983
• EAN: 9780521273053
• ISBN: 978-0-521-27305-3
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Social an
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology