JUDGMENTS AND ACTION IN PRACTICAL SOCIAL SITUATIONS

拟议的项目是目前资助的一个项目的继续， 社会判断和行动。 目前的项目旨在促进 在实际情境中理解儿童的思想和行为 涉及与其他人的互动。 这项研究， 在小学和初中的各种环境中进行， 专注于与规则、权威、 关系、社会习俗和道德问题。 该研究扩展了 这项研究包括对社会影响的调查， 对孩子的判断和行为的影响。 这将是完成 通过研究过渡时期涉及儿童的显着变化， 社会环境。 评估是在孩子们进入 小学（一年级），初中（七年级），和 高中（九年级）。 四年级学生也将被纳入 确定中年人的判断和行为。 的后续行动 评估将在大约六个月后进行。 的方法 在目前的研究中开发的是非常适合拟议的 extensions. 一种方法是系统地观察 在学校环境中自然发生的互动。 评估将 也可以由儿童对实际事件的直接判断， 他们参与的，以及他们对 类似的问题。 研究的总目标是扩大知识 关于社会经验、行为和 推理 这项研究也将有助于更普遍地 认知与社会发展心理学

The proposed project is a continuation of a currently funded project on social judgments and action. The current project was aimed at furthering understandings of children's thought and actions in practical situations involving interactions with other persons. The research, which was conducted in various settings within elementary and junior high schools, focuses on judgments and behaviors pertaining to rules, authority relations, social conventions and moral issues. The proposed study extends that research to include the investigations of the influences of social experience on children's judgments and actions. This will be accomplished by studying transitional periods involving marked changes in children's social environments. Assessments are to be made as children enter elementary school (first grade), junior high school (seventh grade), and high school (ninth grade). Fourth graders will also be included to ascertain judgments and behavior in middle adulthood. A follow-up assessment will be made approximately six months later. The methods developed in the current study are well-suited for the proposed extensions. One method involves systematic observations of naturally-occurring interactions in the school setting. Assessments will also be made of children's immediate judgments about the actual events in which they participated, as well as their reflective judgments about comparable issues. The general aim of the research is to extend knowledge regarding the interactions among social experiences, behaviors, and reasoning. The research would also contribute more generally to the psychology of cognitive and social development.