Moral Judgment on the realistic-relativistic dimension was investigated by administering the test, Morality Shifting in Adolescence, to 526 adolescents in each of three age groups (13, 15, and 17 yr.). Orthogonal polynomials were used for trend analysis; this showed a linear trend of relativistic thinking. With age adolescents become more relativistic in their moral judgments. Differences in developmental trend were found between the sexes and possible explanations based on socialization processes are proposed.
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