TY - JOUR
T1 - Moral and social reasoning in autism spectrum disorders
AU - Shulman, Cory
AU - Guberman, Ainat
AU - Shiling, Noa
AU - Bauminger, Nirit
PY - 2012/7
Y1 - 2012/7
N2 - This study compared moral and social reasoning in individuals with and without autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Ten familiar schoolyard transgressions were shown to 18 participants with and 18 participants without ASD. They judged the appropriateness of the behavior and explained their judgments. Analysis of the rationales revealed that participants with typical development used significantly more abstract rules than participants with ASD, who provided more nonspecific condemnations of the behaviors. Both groups judged social conventional transgressions to be more context-bound than moral transgressions, with this distinction more pronounced in typically developing individuals, who also provided significantly more examples of situations in which the depicted behaviors would be acceptable. The educational implications of these findings for individuals with ASD are discussed.
AB - This study compared moral and social reasoning in individuals with and without autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Ten familiar schoolyard transgressions were shown to 18 participants with and 18 participants without ASD. They judged the appropriateness of the behavior and explained their judgments. Analysis of the rationales revealed that participants with typical development used significantly more abstract rules than participants with ASD, who provided more nonspecific condemnations of the behaviors. Both groups judged social conventional transgressions to be more context-bound than moral transgressions, with this distinction more pronounced in typically developing individuals, who also provided significantly more examples of situations in which the depicted behaviors would be acceptable. The educational implications of these findings for individuals with ASD are discussed.
KW - Abstract thinking
KW - Autism spectrum disorders
KW - Social and moral reasoning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84863864645&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10803-011-1369-8
DO - 10.1007/s10803-011-1369-8
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C2 - 21960456
AN - SCOPUS:84863864645
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 42
SP - 1364
EP - 1376
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
IS - 7
ER -