تطور فهم الأطفال لأخلاء المسؤولية

Abstract EN

The present research aims to know)The understanding of the children’s irresponsibility (giving up responsibility) according to the variables, The ages of 7,8,1o,11 years ,Gender (males , females ) The indications of the difference in the understanding of irresponsibility according to the variables:) Ages of 7,8,10,11 years,Gender (males, females) The species of the present study consisted of 160 male and female children from the community of Dywania governorate primary schools of the ages of 7,8,10 and 11 divided into 80 male children and 80 female children.

The researcher has adopted Watling &Nesbitt method which was designed to measure the children’s concept of irresponsibility.The researcher checked out the psycho-metrical of the method by obtaining the apparent honesty and stability by using the method of re-test.The Reliability Coefficient was (0.85).The researcher has used some statistical means such as using the second test for the species and analyzing the Two-Way ANOVA and the test of scheffe of the distance comparisons and Coder Richardson’s Formula -20 The researcher got at the following results:) The children understand the concept of irresponsibility at the age of 10.

,there are no statistical differences according to the social kind.understanding the concept of irresponsibility increases with age.,Understanding the irresponsibility takes an evolutionary course with age.

This goes with the cognitive theory (of Jean Piaget) who believes that evolution is intermittent and each stage depends on that preceding it and completes it and it differs from the behavioral theory which regards the evolution is a connected and continuous process.

According to the findings of the present research , the researcher has offered some deductions, recommendations and suggestion.