Correction to Ferguson and Rule.

Reports an error in the article original article "Effects of Inferential Set, Outcome Severity, and Basis for Responsibility on Children's Evaluations of Aggressive Acts" by Tamara J. Ferguson and Brendan Gail Rule (Developmental Psychology, Vol. 16. [2],141-146). On page 144 there was an error in Table 1. The mean value for the older children/foreseeable cell should be 2.39, not 3.39. (The following abstract of this article originally appeared in record 1980-07374-001). 49 boys and 58 girls in Grades 2 and 8 made moral judgments about stories describing a same-sexed child expressing aggression. Each child, under either a situation-matching or a value-maintenance set, judged 8 behaviors that represented 4 of F. Heider's (1958) responsibility levels and had mild or serious consequences. Moral judgments of older Ss were sensitive to Heider's differing levels of responsibility, whereas younger Ss' judgments were more sensitive to outcome severity. The aggression was viewed as less reprehensible by older than by younger Ss; this difference was especially pronounced for girls. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)