The science of early moral development: On defining, constructing, and studying morality from birth

A Dahl - Advances in child development and behavior, 2019 - Elsevier
The first 4 years of moral development are perhaps the most transformative. Helpless
neonates become infants who routinely help and harm others; infants develop into …

The psychology of American racism.

SO Roberts, MT Rizzo - American Psychologist, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
American racism is alive and well. In this essay, we amass a large body of classic and
contemporary research across multiple areas of psychology (eg, cognitive, developmental …

Fostering anti-racism in white children and youth: Development within contexts.

T Hazelbaker, CS Brown, L Nenadal… - American …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
This article presents a developmental model of anti-racism among White children and youth.
Informed by a structural–psychological framework (Syed & McLean, 2021), the model …

Moral reasoning enables developmental and societal change

M Killen, A Dahl - Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Moral reasoning is an essential part of how humans develop and a fundamental aspect of
how human societies change over time. On a developmental timescale, reasoning about …

A developmental-science perspective on social inequality

L Elenbaas, MT Rizzo, M Killen - Current Directions in …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Many people believe in equality of opportunity but overlook and minimize the structural
factors that shape social inequalities in the United States and around the world, such as …

Children's evaluations of individually and structurally based inequalities: The role of status.

MT Rizzo, M Killen - Developmental psychology, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Social inequalities limit important opportunities and resources for members of marginalized
and disadvantaged groups. Understanding the origins of how children construct their …

What we do when we define morality (and why we need to do it)

A Dahl - Psychological Inquiry, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Psychological research on morality relies on definitions of morality. Yet the various
definitions often go unstated. When unstated definitions diverge, theoretical disagreements …

Do children distinguish between resource inequalities with individual versus structural origins?

MT Rizzo, L Elenbaas, KE Vanderbilt - Child development, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigated children's ability to distinguish between resource inequalities with
individual versus structural origins. Children (3‐to 8‐years‐old; N= 93) were presented with …

A developmental perspective on the origins of morality in infancy and early childhood

A Dahl, M Killen - Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Key constituents of morality emerge during the first 4 years of life. Recent research with
infants and toddlers holds a promise to explain the origins of human morality. This article …

The development of respect in children and adolescents

T Malti, J Peplak, L Zhang - … of the society for research in child …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Respect is an integral part of everyday life. It is a virtue central to the aim of living an ethically
good life. Despite its importance, little is known about its emergence, development …