外国和地区语言让你变得不那么德伦理
Francesca Peressotti1,2, Greta Pianezzola1, Marta Battistutta1
1Dipartimento di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e della Socializzazione, University of Padua, Italy.
Journal of cognition
|February 5, 2024
概括
使用不同的语言,无论是外国语言还是地区语言,都会使人们更容易在道德困境中做出实用选择. 这种效应在较不熟练使用该语言的个体中更为强烈,这表明与上下文相关的共同原因.
科学领域:
- 心理语言学 心理语言学
- 道德心理学道德心理学
- 认知科学 认知科学
背景情况:
- 双语已经被证明会影响道德决策,外国语言增加了实用选择.
- 区域语言,通常是早期获得的,并在密切的社会圈子中使用,也会影响道德判断.
- 外国语言与区域语言的独特获取和使用模式引发了对它们对道德认知影响的潜在机制的质疑.
研究的目的:
- 调查外语和区域语言对道德决策的类似影响.
- 检查两种语言类型对德伦理学倾向的削弱是否可比.
- 探索语言能力在调节这些影响中的作用.
主要方法:
- 使用过程分离程序来量化德伦理和实用考虑因素的影响.
- 分析了参与者对道德困境的反应,基于所使用的语言 (外国与地区).
- 评估了语言能力对道德决策的影响.
主要成果:
- 外国和地区语言同样削弱了道德决策中的伦理学倾向.
- 语言能力调节了这些影响,较低的语言能力与伦理学倾向的更强烈下降有关.
- 这些发现表明,这两个语言类型对道德判断的影响背后的共同机制.
结论:
- 外国和地区语言对道德选择的共同影响可能源于它们在塑造道德观点的正式背景 (例如,教育,媒体) 中的不频繁使用.
- 缺乏接触这些背景,而不是特定的语言特征,可能是观察到效应的主要驱动因素.
- 双语者的道德推理对与他们的语言相关的社会文化背景很敏感.
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