The codevelopment of moral and conventional normative stances from 2.5 to 3.5 years: A cross-lagged panel approach
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Young children increasingly differentiate moral and conventional norms, with moral judgments becoming more stable over time. Early moral and conventional stances show distinct developmental paths.
Area Of Science
- Developmental Psychology
- Social Cognition
- Moral Development
Background
- Children aged 2-3 years begin to understand social norms and differentiate moral from conventional transgressions.
- Limited knowledge exists on the early developmental trajectories of moral and conventional normative stances.
- Key questions involve differentiation, longitudinal stability, and interrelations of early moral and conventional stances.
Purpose Of The Study
- To investigate the differentiation and longitudinal stability of young children's moral and conventional stances.
- To examine the developmental relationship between early moral and conventional judgments and protest behaviors.
Main Methods
- A longitudinal study involving 93 children aged 2.5 and 3.5 years.
- Children were presented with moral (harming, property destruction) and conventional (incorrect sorting) transgressions enacted by puppets.
- Spontaneous protest behavior and acceptability judgments were recorded.
Main Results
- The correlation between moral and conventional judgments decreased from 2.5 to 3.5 years (r = .78 to r = .30).
- Moral protest behavior demonstrated longitudinal stability (β = 0.403), unlike conventional protest (β = 0.130).
- Early conventional judgments predicted later moral judgments (β = 0.480).
Conclusions
- Young children's responses to moral and conventional transgressions show increasing differentiation in acceptability judgments.
- Moral protest behavior is stable, while conventional protest is not, indicating distinct developmental patterns.
- Findings support theories of increasing differentiation and stability in children's developing understanding of social norms.
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