Guided Introduction to Readings in Social Domain Theory
This reading list provides a three-tier introduction to classic readings for you to learn about theory, review, and empirical work relevant to the Social Domain Theory community.
Initial Introduction: The Basics
Round 2: Once you get your feet wet
Tier 3: Best served after some background in developmental theory
Killen, M. & Smetana, J. (2015). Origins and development of morality. In R. Lerner (Editor-in-Chief) & M. Lamb (Vol. Ed.), Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science: Volume 3. Socioemotional processes (7th ed., 701-749). NY: Wiley-Blackwell.
Nucci, L. (2001). Education in the moral domain. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511605987
Smetana, J. & Jambon, M. (2018). Parenting, morality, and social development: New views on old questions. In C. Helwig (Ed.) New perspectives on moral development (pp. 121-139). New York: Psychology Press/Taylor & Francis.
Smetana, J., Jambon, M., & Ball, C. (2014). The social domain approach to children's moral and social judgments. In M. Killen & J. Smetana (Eds.) Handbook of moral development, 2nd edition (pp. 23-45). New York, NY: Psychology Press
Turiel, E. (2010). The development of morality: Reasoning, emotions, and resistance. In W. F. Overton & R. M. Lerner (2010). Handbook of life-span development, Vol. 1: Cognition, biology, and methods (pp. 554-583). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Turiel, E., & Smetana, J. G. (1984). Social knowledge and social action: The coordination of domains. In W. M. Kurtines & J. L. Gewirtz (Eds.), Morality, moral behavior, and moral development:Basic issues in theory and research (pp. 261–282). New York: Wiley.
Nucci, L. P., & Nucci, M. S. (1982). Children's social interactions in the context of moral and conventional transgressions. Child Development, 53, 403-412.
Smetana, J. G. (1981). Preschool children's conceptions of moral and social rules. Child Development, 52, 1333-1336.
Wainryb, C. (1991). Understanding differences in moral judgments: The role of informational assumptions. Child Development, 62, 840-851.
Zelazo, P., Helwig, C. C., & Lau, A. (1996). Intention, act, and outcome in behavioral prediction and moral judgment. Child Development, 67, 2478-2492.
Helwig, C. (2006). Rights, civil liberties, and democracy across cultures. In J. Smetana & M. Killen (Eds.), Handbook of Moral Development (pp. 185-210). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Killen, M. & Dahl, A. (2018). Moral judgment: Reflective, interactive, spontaneous, challenging, and always evolving. In K. Gray & J. Graham (Eds.), Moral atlas (pp. 20-30). Guilford Press.
Killen, M., & Smetana, J., (2008). Moral judgment and moral neuroscience: Intersections, definitions, and issues. Child Development Perspectives, 2, 1-6.
Nucci, L. (2019). Character: A developmental system. Child Development Perspectives, 13, 78-83. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12315
Smetana, J., & Turiel, E. (2003). Moral development during adolescence. In G. R. Adams & M. D. Berzonsky (Eds.), Blackwell handbook of adolescence (xxvii ed., pp. 248-268). Malden: Blackwell Publishing.
Turiel, E. (2002). The culture of morality: Social development, context, and conflict. New York: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511613500
Turiel, E. (2010b). The relevance of moral epistemology and psychology for neuroscience. In P. Zelazo, M. Chandler, & E. Crone (Eds.), Developmental social cognitive neuroscience (pp. 313-331). New York: Taylor & Francis.
Wainryb, C., & Brehl, B. (2006). I thought she knew that would hurt my feelings: Developing psychological knowledge and moral thinking. In R. Kail (Ed.) Advances in Child Development and Behavior, (pp. 131-171). New York: Elsevier.
Helwig, C., Hildebrandt, C., & Turiel, E. (1995). Children’s judgments about psychological harm in social context. Child Development, 66, 1680-1693.
Kahn, P. H. (1992). Children's obligatory and discretionary moral judgments. Child Development, 63, 416-430. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.1992.tb01637.x
Killen, M., Lee-Kim, J., McGlothlin, H., & Stangor, C. (2002). How children and adolescents evaluate gender and racism. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 67(4).
Nucci, L., & Turiel, E. (1993). God’s word, religious rules, and their relation to Christian and Jewish children’s concepts of morality. Child Development, 64, 1475-1491.
Nucci, L. P., Guerra, N., & Lee, J. (1991). Adolescent judgments of the personal, prudential, and normative aspects of drug usage. Developmental Psychology, 27, 841-848.
Smetana, J. G., Kelly, M., & Twentyman, C. T. (1984). Abused, neglected, and nonmaltreated children's conceptions of moral and conventional transgressions. Child Development, 55, 277-287
Turiel, E., Hildebrandt, C., & Wainryb, C. (1991). Judging social issues: Difficulties, inconsistencies, and consistencies. Monographs for the Society for Research in Child Development, 56 (2)
Wainryb, C., Brehl, B., & Matwin, S. (2005). Being hurt and hurting others: Children’s narrative accounts and moral judgments of their own interpersonal conflicts. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 70, (3).
Helwig, C. (1995). Social context in social cognition: Psychological harm and civil liberties. In M. Killen & D. Hart (Eds.), Morality in Everyday Life: Developmental Perspectives (pp. 166-200). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Nucci, L. (1996). Morality and the personal sphere of actions. In E. Reed, E. Turiel, & E. Brown (Eds.), Knowledge and Values (pp.41-60). Hillsdale, NJ: Earlbaum.
Nucci, L. P., & Lee, J. (1993). Morality and personal autonomy. In G. G. Noam & T. Wren (Eds.), The moral self: Building a better paradigm (pp. 123-148). Cambridge: MIT Press. [Recommend reading Nucci & Lee (1993) before Nucci (1996)]
Nucci, L. P., Turiel. E., & Roded, A. (2017). Continuities and discontinuities in the development of moral judgments. Human Development,60, 279-341.
Turiel, E. (1983). The development of social knowledge: Morality and convention. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Turiel, E., Killen, M., & Helwig, C. (1987). Morality: Its structure, functions, and vagaries. In J. Kagan & S. Lamb (Eds.), The emergence of morality in young children (pp. 155-243). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. [SHOULD ALSO READ Shweder in same volume]
Dahl, A., Gingo, M., Uttich, K., & Turiel, E. (2018). Moral reasoning about human welfare in adolescents and adults: Judging conflicts involving sacrificing and saving lives. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 83(3), 7–30. https://doi.org/10.1111/mono.12374
Helwig, C. (1997). The role of agent and social context in judgments of freedom of speech and religion. Child Development, 68, 484-495.
Perkins, S. A., & Turiel, E. (2007). To lie or not to lie: To whom and under what circumstances. Child Development, 78, 609-621.
Shaw, L., & Wainryb, C. (2006). When victims don’t cry: Children’s understandings of victimization, compliance, and subversion. Child Development, 77, 1050-1062.
Smetana, J., Jambon, M., Conry-Murray, C., & Sturge-Apple, M. (2012). Reciprocal associations between young children’s developing moral judgments and theory of mind. Developmental Psychology, 48, 1144-1155.
Tisak, M., & Turiel, E. (1988). Variation in seriousness of transgressions and children's moral and conventional concepts. Developmental Psychology, 24, 352-357.
Wainryb, C., & Turiel, E. (1994). Dominance, subordination, and concepts of personal entitlements in cultural contexts. Child Development, 65, 1701-1722.