Report of an experience using the interview to investigate sociomoral reasoning in children

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  • Martín Plascencia González Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33064/34crscsh167

Keywords:

morality, children, semi-structured interview, moral dilemmas

Abstract

Through a usual research technique in the field of moral psychology, moral dilemmas’ discussion, we considered whether a semi-structured interview designed for the evaluation of socio-moral reasoning, promotes moral dilemmas on participants. Participants were children from an elementary school ranged in age from 10 to 11 years old. The interview was developed through a narration of a hypothetical story, composed by rules and transgressions. The results suggest that the questions allow researchers access to different aspects of story, and explore the participants’ different sociocognitive perspectives, but this story does not represent a real moral dilemma for participants. The implications of using these findings are discussed.

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Author Biography

Martín Plascencia González, Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas

Es licenciado en psicología por la Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, maestro en investigación educativa por la misma universidad y doctor en desarrollo, aprendizaje y educación por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid-Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, España. Actualmente es profesor-investigador de tiempo completo de la Escuela de Humanidades Pijijiapan, de la Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas. Ha sido profesor invitado en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (España) y en la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Sus áreas de interés en investigación son: desarrollo moral, juego infantil, culturas infantiles, procesos narrativos y bullying escolar.

Published

2016-01-01

How to Cite

Plascencia González, M. (2016). Report of an experience using the interview to investigate sociomoral reasoning in children. Caleidoscopio - Biannual Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 19(34), 177–194. https://doi.org/10.33064/34crscsh167

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