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1. p. 45: "As Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner reminds us, 'The young child is totally egocentric... The whole course of human development can be seen as a continuing decline in egocentrism.'"

     From Kim's margin notes: " The Quest for Mind, p. 63."

2. p. 59: "But when given actual tests of moral development... scored at preconventional, not postconventional, levels."

     Margaret Carlton, from Kim's notes: "Data on the percentages of protesters at various stages of moral development varies considerably, depending, of course, on many factors. In general, the research swings between around 60% precon and 30% postcon to around 30% precon and 60% postcon (with usually around 10% or less at con). Our basic points about boomeritis can be made with any of those results, because they all show the same general thing. The point is that boomeritis is a dose of highly developed green (say 60%) with an underbelly of strong red (say 30%)--both culturally and personally. It's green infected with red that causes so many problems, as we will see in the following talks. For one example of dozens of studies, see H. Haan et al., 'Moral Reasoning of Young Adults,' Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 10 (1968), 183-201, which shows a type of even split between pre and post (60%/75%). Keep in mind that most people give responses from more than one level, so the total percentages often add up to over 100, but the general conclusion from all of the studies points to one thing: pre and post became strange bedfellows in this generation."