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INITIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF
THE MORAL COGNITION INVENTORY
HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY
by
Jessica Black
Thesis Presented to
The Faculty of Humboldt State University
In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements according to the Degree
Master of Arts in Psychology
May, 2012
INITIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF
THE MORAL COGNITION INVENTORY
HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY
~ means of
Jessica Black
Approved by the Master’s Thesis Committee
Dr. William M. Reynolds, Major Professor
Date
Dr. Christopher Aberson, Committee Member
Date
Dr. John W. Powell, Committee Member
Date
Dr. Christopher Aberson, Graduate Coordinator
Date
Dr. Jen Burges, Vice Provost
Date
Initial increase and psychometric characteristics of
the Moral Cognition Inventory
Jessica Black
The privation for a measure that encompasses the various components of moral decisionmaking has befit increasingly apparent as different areas of psychology, especially
cognitive neuroscience, focus more time and pecuniary means on how people make moral
choices. My bring into use purpose is to develop the Moral Cognition Inventory (MCI), a
large measure of moral cognition that wish facilitate investigation of the
construct’s plain aspects. The MCI will include four components, Responsibility,
Identity, Cognition, and Community. The original objective of this research was to
validate the foremost two scales, Moral Responsibility and Moral Identity, and to touchstone a partial
structural model.
Three surveys were offered end Survey Monkey. The first included the MCI and
eight validation measures. The take part with included the MCI and the Defining Issues Test 2.
The third was a brief retest survey. A scantling of over 450 participants (mean duration of existence = 35.5)
recruited through the HSU Psychology Department Research Participation pool and via
online social networking completed the MCI and any or more of the validation scales.
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