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UNSPECIFIED (2005) Moral understanding in children with autism. AUTISM, 9 (3). pp. 317-331. doi:10.1177/1362361305055418 ISSN 1362-3613.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1362361305055418
Abstract
Children with autism were compared with control groups on their ability to make moral judgements. Participants were presented with pairs of vignettes in which actions were either deliberate or accidental and caused injury to a person or damage to property. Participants were asked to judge which protagonist was the naughtier and to verbally justify this judgement. Results showed that the children with autism were as likely as controls to judge culpability on the basis of motive, and to judge injury to persons as more culpable than damage to property. Children with autism also offered some appropriate verbal justifications for their judgments although most justifications were of poor quality and reiterated the story. Results a-re discussed in terms of theory of mind and the possible role of deficits in complex reasoning and executive functions.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | AUTISM | ||||
Publisher: | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD | ||||
ISSN: | 1362-3613 | ||||
Official Date: | July 2005 | ||||
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Volume: | 9 | ||||
Number: | 3 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 15 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 317-331 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1177/1362361305055418 | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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