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Tentative Findings on Children’s Attitudes, Perceptions and Responses to Accidental Incidents of Non-Intentional Acts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2024

D.A.F. Shamley ,
Lyn Moseley  and
Lyn Douglas
D.A.F. Shamley
Affiliation:
Latrobe University, Melbourne
Lyn Moseley
Affiliation:
Latrobe University, Melbourne
Lyn Douglas
Affiliation:
Latrobe University, Melbourne
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Abstract

This paper focuses on accidental incidents where there is no intention to misbehave/disobey. The children respond to projective material depicting children having accidents with no malice or forethought. The children’s reactions are discussed in light of their developmental stages as outlined by Piaget and Inhelder (1968) and Kohlberg (1976). The acts depicted are accidental, and should not provoke punishment. The results indicating punishment will be carefully scrutinised; in view of the linkage that exists between child abuse acts; the lack of differentiation that exists between types of misbehaviour that are unlikely to convey the fundamentals, which are a prerequisite for the development of moral judgement.

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Children Australia , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , Summer 1985 , pp. 15 - 19
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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