This research examines the value-expressive function of attitudes and achievement goal theory in predicting moral attitudes. In Study 1, the Youth Sport Values Questionnaire (YSVQ; Lee, Whitehead, & Balchin, 2000) was modified to measure moral, competence, and status values. In Study 2, structural equation modeling on data from 549 competitors (317 males, 232 females) aged 12-15 years showed th...

Consider the following important questions: Should values be transmitted or developed? As children grow up, what, if anything, should change in values acquisition? How important are locus of control issues in moral development? and Why might process versus product elements be crucial in the development of values? One key element missing in the values literature is a model that integrates major ...

Moral development is always measured by some standards and values. These standards typically originate in the value system of Western middle classes as most researchers and test makers have a Western middle class background. Therefore, we must ask whether the use of these tests in other classes and cultures is meaningful and whether a comparison across class and culture boundaries is fair. Obvi...

We introduce a new computational model of moral decision making, drawing on a recent theory of commonsense moral learning via social dynamics. Our model describes moral dilemmas as utility function that computes trade-offs in values over abstract moral dimensions, which provide interpretable parameter values when implemented in machineled ethical decision-making. Moreover, characterizing the so...

Psychologists who study morality have argued that moral behavior is influenced by how central morality is to one’s sense of self. For instance, individuals who are considered to be moral exemplars tend to place more importance on moral traits and values when defining their self-concepts (Colby & Damon, 1995). This paper takes the next step of examining individual variation in a construct highly...

Fransson, N., & Biel, A. Morality and norm violation. Göteborg Psychological Reports, 1997, 27, No. 3 Undergraduate students were asked to judge each of 24 real-life events associated with eight different moral values. In a proposed model moral values were seen as mentally represented by schemas and a norm. The main purpose was to test the hypothesis that events that have been categorised as ac...

Moral values are culturally variable entities that emerge from dynamic, hierarchical interactions between individualand group-level phenomena. Human-generated unstructured data, from sources such as social media, offer an unprecedented opportunity to observe these phenomena in a natural habitat, which is an essential vantage point for understanding moral values and their role in moral judgment ...

1. Approaches to early childhood education 2. Importance of education at an early age 3. Psychological perspectives on parenting, motivation and learning 3.1. Love, Affection and Parenting 3.2. Motivation 3.3. The Nature of Learning 4. Socio-cultural and related issues 4.1. Origins and Evolution of Moral Values 4.2. Role of Religion, Mythology and Morality tales in Instilling Moral Values for E...