Social Understanding and Moral Development Project, 1975-1976

This cross-sectional study examined the development of role taking and moral judgment in four cohorts: elementary school students, high school students, young adults (ages 19-25), and adults (over age 26). The sample consists of 66 people from the Chicago area and includes approximately equal numbers of males and females. Participants were given several social cognitive tasks which were used for microanalysis of linguistic patterns. Measures included several role-taking interviews as well as several dilemmas from Kohlberg's moral judgment interview. The interviews consisted of a short story followed by several questions. Responses to these were coded for moral judgment stage. The Murray Archive holds additional analogue materials for this study (most of the original record paper data). If you would like to access this material, please apply to use the data.