Feeling and thinking: towards a developmental account of the moral/conventional distinction

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dc.contributorHouser, Rick
dc.contributorScofield, Jason M.
dc.contributorTomek, Sara
dc.contributorRobinson, Cecil D.
dc.contributor.advisorThoma, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorDong, Yangxue
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-26T14:24:36Z
dc.date.available2017-04-26T14:24:36Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractSince Turiel proposed social domain theory, many efforts have been made to explore the capacity to distinguish moral transgressions from conventional transgressions. However, researchers cannot reach a consensus on whether selective moralization is driven by emotional and non-rational processes or reasoning and higher cognition. After reviewing the existing theories and studies, this paper argues that the developmental dimension of moral thinking should be considered when studying the mechanisms underlying moral/conventional distinction. Participants were recruited to make judgments about a series of disgusting scenarios, their moral development and sensitivity to disgust were assessed by well-established questionnaires. The findings suggest that cognitive moral development contributes to judgments made in emotionally charged situations and moral cognition affects the influences of moral emotion on the moral/conventional distinction.en_US
dc.format.extent123 p.
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.otheru0015_0000001_0002210
dc.identifier.otherDong_alatus_0004D_12566
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/3052
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alabama Libraries
dc.relation.hasversionborn digital
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.en_US
dc.subjectEducational psychology
dc.titleFeeling and thinking: towards a developmental account of the moral/conventional distinctionen_US
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etdms.degree.departmentUniversity of Alabama. Department of Educational Studies in Psychology, Research Methodology, and Counseling
etdms.degree.disciplineEducational Psychology (General Educational Psychology)
etdms.degree.grantorThe University of Alabama
etdms.degree.leveldoctoral
etdms.degree.namePh.D.
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