Lupa And Turriel Social Roles

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Laupa and Turiel (1993) researched a child’s perception of authority in multiple settings. Placing the principal in an authoritative position they developed theories around this authority in the school, in the park, and in a situation of breaking up a fight. Past research indicated that young children make moral judgments based on the acceptability of the act on what is considered harmful and the welfare of the person’s in the outcome of that act (Nucci & Turiel, 1978; Smetana, 1981; Turiel, 1983). Laupa and Turiel (1986) in past research had focused on social roles in position of authority. Laupa and Turiel (1983) revealed that elementary age school children can differentiate the roles of social position and it is not solely a determination