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behaviors. Positive intents are cited more often in this
age group than in the two younger groups for both questions.
Also for both judgments, behaviors/alternative behaviors are
cited more than malicious intents and malicious intents are
cited more than circumstances or positive traits. Positive
traits are cited frequently only in this age group.
Judgments
One important difference between the present study and
previous moral judgment research is the wording of the
judgment questions themselves. Following Piaget's original
word, "naughty", researchers have asked children which story
character was "worse" or if the protagonist or his/her
behavior was "good" or "bad." In all instances, the child's
answer to this question has been considered to be her/his
moral evaluation of the protagonist's behavior. The
differential semantic meanings of a good/bad question versus
a right/wrong question for children of different ages has
not been empirically investigated. The words good or bad
may connote stable personality dispositions, while the words
right or wrong may be more likely linked to the temporal
aspect of the protagonist's behavior. For example, in the
English language, one can speak of a person who is good or
bad across situation's, but not of a right or wrong person
independent of the particular circumstance. Thus, the
right/wrong question used in this study may be more related
to the specific behavior taken by the protagonist than to
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Parker, Deborah A. (Deborah Ann). Influence of Internal/External Instructions on Children's Moral Judgments, thesis, August 1986; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500590/m1/59/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .