TURIEL, ELLIOT, and ROTHMAN, GOLDA R. The Influence of Reasoning on Behavioral Choices at Different Stages of Moral Development. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1972, 43, 741-756. This study examined the effects of exposure to moral reasoning on behavior. 43 seventhand eighth-grade boys were pretested using Kohlberg's moral-judgment interview to determine their moraldevelopment stages. The experimental condition required Ss to choose between 2 actions. Before choosing, Ss were exposed to reasoning: 1 behavioral choice was supported by reasoning at the stage above their own and the other by reasoning at the stage below. Ss made a choice and reasoned about it. A posttest was administered. Compared with control Ss, the reasoning presented did not effect a shift in behavioral choice for stage 2 and stage 3 Ss; reasoning at the stage above led to a shift for stage 4 Ss. The posttest showed no significant stage changes.