Domain-Specific Social Judgments and Domain Ambiguities.

A domain-specific approach to social judgments is presented. Epistemologica! is sues are considered that are informed by identifying and defining domain boundaries. It is proposed that analyses of systems of knowledge are necessary for study of development and behavior. Research is reviewed in support of a model including moral, social-conventional, and psychological concepts, as well as a distinction between conceptual and informational knowledge. Criticisms of the domain approach are considered. Some criticisms are based on the miscon ception that examples of category mixture invalidate domain demarcations. Other criticisms are addressed through propositions regarding the role of domain-specificity in analyses of cultural influences.

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