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Does the Defining Issues Test Measure Ethical Judgment Ability or Political Position?

This article addresses the construct validity of the Defining Issues Test of ethical judgment (DIT/DIT-2). Alleging a political bias in the test, Emler and colleagues (1983, 1998, 1999, 2007), show that conservatives score higher when asked to fake as liberals, implying that they understand the reas...

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Published in:Journal of Social Psychology Vol. 151; no. 3; pp. 314 - 331
Main Author: Bailey, CharlesD.
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2011
Subjects:
Human behavior research
Moral development
Social psychology research
Social values
Social influence
Influence
Test validity
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost