Abstract
Abstract Thirty volunteers who had scored above eight on the SHSS, Form C (Weitzenhoffer & Hilgard, 1962) were randomly assigned to three groups (Hypnosis, Task Motivation, and Control). The two treatment groups were age regressed to the first grade. They were then examined through five moral dilemma stories to ascertain their level of functioning on Kohlberg's (1968) Stage Theory of Moral Development. The Control Group experienced the same examination without age regression. It was found that both treatment groups were at a significantly lower moral stage than the Control Group but that there was no significant difference between the two groups of age-regressed subjects. In addition, it was found that a group of actual first graders gave answers that were at a much lower level than those of the age-regressed subjects. These results demonstrate cognitive age regression on Kohlberg's stages of moral development. They also suggest that task motivation situations are as efficient as hypnosis in producing thi...
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