Cognition-Moral Reasoning-Chen and Howitt-Sample and Procedure

Question 0

What participants were used in Chen and Howitt’s study?

Answer 0

330 male adolescent offenders in Juvenile Correctional Institutions

Question 1

Chen and Howitt’s study was based on a previous study. What was this study?

Answer 1

Kohlberg’s study which tested 72 boys from Chicago aged 7-16 on a range of moral dilemmas

Question 2

Where was the study conducted?

Answer 2

Taiwan

Question 3

How many participants were in the control group? What were these participants?

Answer 3

114 non-offenders from 1 junior and 2 senior high schools

Question 4

What research method was used to find out about their criminal history?

Answer 4

Questionnaires: used to classify according to offence type

Question 5

What does SRM-SR stand for?

Answer 5

Socialmoral Reflection Measure-Short Form

Question 6

What did the SRM-SF measure?

Answer 6

5 moral values:
Contract and Truth (the importance of keeping promises to friends, importance of telling the truth)
Affiliation (whether attachments to people make a difference)
Life (importance of saving the life of a stranger)
Property and Law (judgement about ownership)
Legal Justice (distinguishing between legal and moral justice)