Handbook of moral development / edited by Melanie Killen, Judith G. Smetana.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Killen, Melanie.

Smetana, Judith G., 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Moral development.

Physical Description:

xvi, 790 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 2006.

Summary:

The field of moral development has expanded greatly over the past several decades. Theories have expanded to consider current developments in areas of psychology, including social psychology, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, as well as scholarship in other social science disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, political science, ethics, and philosophy.

Contents:

Thought, emotions, and social interactional processes in moral development / Elliot Turiel

Moral stage theory / Daniel K. Lapsley

Research on the defining issues test / Stephen J. Thoma

Gender and morality / Lawrence J. Walker

Social-cognitive domain theory : consistencies and variations in children's moral and social judgments / Judith G. Smetana

Morality in the context of intergroup relationships / Melanie Killen, Nancy Geyelin Margie, and Stefanie Sinno

Rights, civil liberties, and democracy across cultures / Charles C. Helwig

Moral development in culture : diversity, tolerance, and justice / Cecilia Wainryb

The development of moral behavior and conscience from a socialization perspective / Joan E. Grusec

Understanding values in relationships : the development of conscience / Ross A. Thompson, Sara Meyer, and Meredith McGinley

Sources of innovation and change in socialization, internalization and acculturation / Leon Kuczynski and Geoffrey S. Navara

Moral development in early childhood and social interaction in the family / Judy Dunn

Mediated moralities : sociocultural approaches to moral development / Mark B. Tappan

Insights into moral development from cultural psychology / Joan G. Miller

Reciprocity : the foundation stone of morality / Douglas P. Fry

Everyone's monkey : primate moral roots / Peter Verbeek

Nature and moral development/ Peter H. Kahn, Jr.

Part VI: Empathy, emotions, and aggression

We are, by nature, moral creatures : biological bases of concern for others / Paul D. Hastings, Carolyn Zahn-Waxler, and Kelly McShane

Empathy-related responding in children / Nancy Eisenberg, Tracy Spinrad, and Adrienne Sadovsky

Care-based and altruistically based morality / Gustavo Carlo

Children's conceptions and displays of moral emotions / William F. Arsenio, Jason Gold, and Erin Adams

Aggression, delinquency, and morality : a social-cognitive perspective / Marie S. Tisak, John Tisak, and Sara E. Goldstein

Part VII: Moral education, character development, and community service

Community service and moral development / Daniel Hart, Robert Atkins, and Thomas M. Donnelly

Education for moral development / Larry Nucci

Educating for positive youth development / Marvin W. Berkowitz, Stephen Sherblom, Melinda Bier, and Victor Battistich

Integrative ethical education / Darcia Narvaez.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0805847510

OCLC:

59879865