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The aim of this study was to compare the way in which 216 young handball players (Mage = 12.79, SD = 2.20) of different ages (9-10 years-old, 11-12 years-old, 13-14 years-old, and 15-16 years-old) combined and integrated 5 different information cues (the consequences of the aggression, the current score, the time left to play, the context of the aggression, the relative importance of the game) for judging the extent to which an aggressive act performed by a player during a match in handball could be condoned. The participants indicated their judgment in 48 scenarios constructed from the combination of these information cues. A cluster analysis has been done. Two different positions on moral judgment were observed. The information cues were combined differently and moral judgment increased according the young players' age. The approach of information integration completes the previous studies on developmental moral judgment in sport.

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Two studies examined whether simple algebraic rules that have been shown to be operative in many applied settings may also be found in sport decision-making. The theoretical framework for these studies was the Functional Theory of Cognition (Anderson, Contributions to information integration theory. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum, 1996). The way in which novices but already experienced team sport players (soccer, basketball, and handball players) combine different informational cues (relative importance of the game, numerical status of the team, current score, and time left to play) for deciding a quick restart of play near the end of a match was examined. The basic finding are consistent with the proposition that the knowledge bases at work for judging the appropriateness of this type of sport decisions are structured according to simple algebraic rules. Copyright Springer 2005

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