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Recent Theoretical Published Papers

Integrative Ethical Education, Handbook of Moral Development

Integrative Ethical Education: Putting Flourishing back into Character Education

Triune Ethics Theory: The neurobiological roots of our multiple moralities (pdf). Word

Narvaez, D. (in press). Moral Complexity: The Fatal attraction of truthiness and the importance of mature moral functioning. Perspectives on Psychological Science.

Narvaez, D., & Panksepp, J.  (under review). Restoring human nature: Mammalian needs and the [missing] environment of evolutionary adaptedness.

Recent Presentations

Papers in Press

Narvaez, D. (in press). Instruction for embodied knowledge development: Overcoming a dualistic mindset. In P. Aerni & F. Oser (Eds.), Research changes schools.
 
Narvaez, D. & Hill, P.L. (in press). The relation of multicultural experiences to moral judgment and mindsets. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. 
 
Narvaez, D., Radvansky, G.A., Lynchard, N., & Copeland, D. (in press). Are older adults more attuned to morally-charged information? Experimental Aging Research
 
Narvaez, D., Gleason, T., & Mitchell, C. (in press). Moral virtue and practical wisdom: Theme comprehension in children, youth and adults. Journal of Genetic Psychology.
 
Narvaez, D. (in press). The biology and morality of narratives. Poetics Today, special issue on Narrative and the Emotions

Narvaez, D. (in press). Moral Development: Changing Theories and Evidence. NSF Report on Sociology and Morality. Washington D.C.: National Science Foundation.

Narvaez, D. (in press). The emotional foundations of high moral intelligence. In B. Latzko & T. Malti (Eds.). Children’s Moral Emotions and Moral Cognition: Developmental and Educational Perspectives, New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development.

Published Papers in Chronological Order

Narvaez, D., Gleason, T., Mitchell, C. & Bentley, J. (1999). Moral Theme Comprehension in Children. Journal of Educational Psychology, 91(3), 477-487.

Narvaez, D., Getz, I., Rest, J. R., & Thoma, S. (1999). Individual moral judgment and cultural ideologies. Developmental Psychology, 35, 478-488.

Narvaez, D., van den Broek, P., and Ruiz, A.  (1999). Reading purpose, type of text and their influence on think-aloud and comprehension measures. Journal of Educational Psychology, 91(3), 488-496.

Narvaez, D. (2001).  Moral text comprehension: Implications for education and research.  Journal of Moral Education, 30 (1), 43-54.

Narvaez, D. (2002). Does Reading Moral Stories Build Character? Educational Psychology Review 14(2), 155-171.

Narvaez, D. & Bock, T. (2002). Moral schemas and tacit judgement or how the Defining Issues Test is supported by cognitive science.  Journal of Moral Education, 31 (3) 297-314. *Reprinted in Mason, M. (2004). Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Cognitive Science. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Endicott, L., Bock, T., & Narvaez, D. (2003). Moral Reasoning, Intercultural Development, and Multicultural Experiences: Relations and Cognitive Underpinnings.  International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 27, 403-419.

Lapsley, D. & Narvaez, D. (2004). A social-cognitive view of moral character. In D. Lapsley & D. Narvaez (Eds.), Moral development: Self and identity (pp. 189-212). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Narvaez, D., Bock, T., Endicott, L., & Lies, J. (2004). Minnesota’s Community Voices and Character Education Project. Journal of Research in Character Education, 2, 89-112.

Narvaez, D. (2004). Educación y desarollo moral [Moral education and development]. Republicana, 2, 39-50.

Narvaez, D., &  Lapsley, D. (2005). The psychological foundations of everyday morality and moral expertise. In D. Lapsley & Power, C. (Eds.), Character Psychology and Character Education (pp. 140-165). Notre Dame: IN: University of Notre Dame Press.

Lapsley, D., & Narvaez, D. (2005). Moral psychology at the crossroads. In D. Lapsley & Power, C. (Eds.), Character Psychology and Character Education (pp. 18-35). University of Notre Dame Press.

Narvaez, D. (2005). The Neo-Kohlbergian Tradition and Beyond: Schemas, Expertise and Character. In G. Carlo & C. Pope-Edwards (Eds.), Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, Vol. 51: Moral Motivation through the Lifespan (pp. 119-163). Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.

Narvaez, D. (2006). Integrative Ethical Education. In M. Killen & J. Smetana (Eds.), Handbook of Moral Development (pp. 703-733). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Lapsley, D. K. & Narvaez, D. (2006). Character Education. In Vol. 4 (A. Renninger & I. Siegel, volume eds.), Handbook of Child Psychology (W. Damon & R. Lerner, Series Eds.) (pp. 248-296). New York: Wiley.

Narvaez, D., Lapsley, D., Hagele, S., & Lasky, B. (2006). Moral chronicity and social information processing: Tests of a social cognitive approach to the moral personality.  Journal of Research in Personality, 40, 966–985.

Narvaez, D., & Gleason, T. (2007). The Influence of moral judgment development and moral experience on comprehension of moral narratives and expository texts. The Journal of Genetic Psychology, special issue (Nancy Eisenberg, editor), 168(3), 251–276.

Narvaez, D. (2008). The Social-Intuitionist Model: Some Counter-Intuitions. In W. A. Sinnott-Armstrong (Ed.), Moral Psychology, Vol. 2, The Cognitive science of morality: Intuition and diversity. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Narvaez, D. (2008). How cognitive and neurobiological sciences inform values education for creatures like us. In D. Aspin & J. Chapman (Eds.), Values Education and Lifelong Learning: Philosophy, Policy, Practices. Springer Press International.

Narvaez, D. & Lapsley, D. (2008). Teaching moral character: Two strategies for teacher educators. Teacher Educator, 43, 156-172.

Narvaez, D. (2008). Triune Ethics Theory: The neurobiological roots of our multiple moralities. New Ideas in Psychology, 26, 95-119.

Narvaez, D. (2008). Human Flourishing and Moral Development: Cognitive Science and Neurobiological Perspectives on Virtue Development. In L. Nucci & D. Narvaez (Eds.), Handbook of Moral and Character Education. (pp. 310-327) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Narvaez, D. & Vaydich, J. (2008). Moral development and behaviour under the spotlight of the neurobiological sciences.  Journal of Moral Education, 37(3), 289-313.

Lapsley, D.K., & Narvaez, D. (2008). “Psychologized morality” and ethical theory, or, Do fences make good neighbors? In F. Oser & W. Veugelers, Getting involved: Global citizenship development and sources of moral values (pp. 279-291). Rotterdam: Sensepublishers.

Narvaez, D., & Lapsley, D.K. (2009). Moral identity and the development of moral character.  In D. Medin, L. Skitka, D. Bartels, & C. Bauman (Eds.), Moral cognition and decision making, Vol. 50 of the Psychology of Learning and Motivation series (pp. 237-274). Elsevier.

Narvaez, D. (2009). Triune Ethics Theory and moral personality. In D. Narvaez & D.K. Lapsley (Eds.), Moral Personality, Identity and Character: An Interdisciplinary future (pp. 136-158). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Narvaez, D., & Lapsley, D. K. (2009). Introduction. In D. Narvaez & D.K. Lapsley (Eds.), Moral Personality, Identity and Character: An Interdisciplinary future (pp. 1-10). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Narvaez, D., & Lapsley, D.K. (2009). Moral personality: Themes, questions, futures. In D. Narvaez & D.K. Lapsley (Eds.), Moral Personality, identity and character: An Interdisciplinary future (pp. 441-448). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Narvaez, D., Kmehlkov, V., Vaydich, J., & Turner, J. (in press, 2008).Measuring teacher moral self efficacy. Journal of Research in Character Education, 6(2).