Abstract
WALKER, LAWRENCE J. Cognitive and Perspective-taking Prerequisites for Moral Development. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1980, 51, 131-139. Kohlberg has proposed that both cognitive and development are necessary though not sufficient conditions for moral development. This study examined that proposition by attempting to stimulate moral development to stage 8 as a function of attainment of hypothesized prerequisites in cognitive and perspectivetaking development. After assessing stage of development in each domain of reasoning, fourththrough seventh-grade children were exposed to moral stage 3 reasoning in a brief role-playing situation. This treatment was followed by a moral reasoning posttest and a follow-up. Results indicated that transitions to moral stage 3 were found only for those children who had attained the hypothesized prerequisites of beginning formal operations and perspective-taking stage 3, thus confirming Kohlberg's proposition and implying the relevance of these prerequisites for the efficacy of moral education programs.
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