未来的行动比过去的行动更重要吗? 美国和中国学龄儿童的时间道德归因
Qi Wang1, Tong Suo2, Lingjie Mei1
1Department of Human Development and Psychology, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University.
Developmental psychology
|August 22, 2024
概括
孩子 孩子 孩子 孩子
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 道德心理学道德心理学
- 跨文化心理学 跨文化心理学
背景情况:
- 了解儿童的道德发展需要检查他们对责任的认识跨越时间.
- 文化影响显著塑造认知过程,包括道德推理和时间导向.
研究的目的:
- 调查儿童如何将道德责任归因于过去的行为而不是未来的行为.
- 探索文化 (美国与中国) 在儿童的时间道德归因中的作用.
- 检查与年龄相关的道德认知和精神时间旅行的差异.
主要方法:
- 346名美国和中国儿童 (6-9岁) 被分配到过去或未来的假设行动条件中.
- 参与者回答了有关在过去或未来设置的场景中的道德/不道德行为的问题.
- 收集关于道德归因,文化信仰和对行动的推理的数据.
主要成果:
- 美国8-9岁的孩子对未来的善行有更多的回报;中国8-9岁的孩子更喜欢过去的善行.
- 中国的孩子比美国的孩子更广泛地道德化行为.
- 孩子们的道德推理与他们各自的文化信仰一致,并注意到年龄差异.
结论:
- 儿童的时间道德归属受文化背景和发展阶段的影响.
- 精神时间旅行和道德认知在整个中年发展,影响道德判断.
- 调查结果突出了文化,发展和时间的感知在道德责任之间的相互作用.
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