James Rest was an American psychologist specializing in moral psychology and development.
Together with his Minnesota Group of colleagues, including Darcia Narvaez, Muriel Bebeau, and Stephen Thoma, Rest extended Kohlberg's approach to researching moral reasoning.
[2] Rest's and the Neo-Kohlbergians' work included the Defining Issues Test (DIT), which attempts to provide an objective measure of moral development, and the Four Component Model of moral development, which attempts to provide a theoretical perspective on the subject.
Rest's work in general and the DIT in particular became the focus of significant scholarly research.
[4][5][6] The 4 component model of James Rest involves 4 psychological processes: