The Development of Social Knowledge: Morality and Convention

by Elliot Turiel

Book Overview

Children are not simply molded by the environment; through constant inference and interpretation, they actively shape their own social world. This book is about that process. 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. His research suggests that social judgements are ordered, systematic, subtly discriminative,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521273056
• ISBN13: 9780521273053
• Release Date: April 1983
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"