The information presented at the very end usually dictates younger children’s (4-5 years old) judgment. 


Moral Judgment and Information Order in Younger Children


When the intention is presented first in a series of information, older children (8-9 years old) tend to make their moral judgments by both intent and consequences of an event. When the intent is presented last, their judgments are almost all based on intents. 


Moral Judgment and Information Order in Older Children


When young children are exposed to a series of information, their judgment of morality is influenced by the order in which the information is presented. 



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Order in which a series of information is presented. 

Information Order

Feldman, N. S., Klosson, E. C., Parsons, J. E., Rholes, W. S., & Ruble, D. N. (1976). Order of Information Presentation and Children’s Moral Judgments. Child Development, 47(2), 556–559. https://doi.org/10.2307/1128821

Order of Information Presentation and Children’s Moral Judgments

When a correction of misinformation is presented after the misinformation itself, the correction is more effective. 


Misinformation Correction and Message Order


Even with attempts of correction, falseful information can still have continued influence on people’s impression of certain subjects. 


Continued Influence and Misinformation


The order in which information is presented can have an impact on an individual's way of analyzing and categorizing information. 


Information Order and Categorization


Moral Judgment and Information Order in Children


Information in inductive category learning can be organized in different sequences that might be based on information variability, relations, and level of difficulty. 



Organization and Sequence of Information in Inductive Category Learning


How different a category (and a sample) is from another can be an important factor affecting the learning outcome of inductive category learning, and the influence may vary depending on the sequences being used and compared.


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