JUDGMENTS AND ACTION IN PRACTICAL SOCIAL SITUATIONS

拟议的项目是目前资助的一个项目的延续。 社会判断和行动。目前的项目旨在进一步 对儿童在实际情境中的思想和行为的理解 涉及到与其他人的互动。这项研究，是 在小学和初中的各种环境中进行， 重点关注与规则、权威有关的判断和行为 关系、社会习俗和道德问题。拟议的研究扩展了 这项研究包括对社会影响的调查 儿童判断和行动的经验。这将会实现的 通过研究过渡时期涉及儿童的显著变化 社会环境。当儿童进入时，将进行评估 小学(一年级)、初中(七年级)和 高中(九年级)。四年级学生也将被包括在 确定成年中期的判断和行为。后续行动 评估将在大约六个月后进行。这些方法 在目前的研究中开发的非常适合于建议的 分机。一种方法是系统地观察 学校环境中自然发生的互动。评估将 也是由儿童对实际事件的直接判断得出的 他们参与了其中，以及他们对 类似的问题。研究的总体目的是扩展知识 关于社会经历、行为和行为之间的互动 推理。这项研究还将对更广泛的 认知和社会发展心理学。

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.