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HENSHEL, ANNE-MARIE. The Relationship between Values and Behavior: A Developmental Hypothesis. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1971, 42, 1997-2007. The hypothesis that older children show a stronger value/behavior relationship than younger children was investigated within the framework of the developmental literature. Schoolgirls in the fourth through seventh grades were given an anonymous questionnaire to detect certain values. A week later the Ss were provided with an opportunity to cheat within their regular classroom context. The hypothesis was confirmed: the negative correlations between honesty scores and number of cheating incidents rose steeply from the lower (younger) to higher (older) grades. Distinctive characteristics of this study are discussed.
Anne-Marie Henshel (Wed,) studied this question.