This study examined the relationship between cognitive development, as assessed by Piagetian tasks, and social personality development, as assessed by a social orientation scale, representing an individual's life plan. It was hypothesized that concrete operational subjects relative to formal-operational subjects would have a less well developed life plan. Two Piagetian tasks and the Social Orientation Scale were administered to 72 senior high school students. Social Orientation Scale is both reliable and valid. Significant differences existed between the 44 concrete, 23 transitional, and 5 formal subjects in scores on the Social Orientation Scale, as expected.
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