关于道德相关事件的信息搜索行为与年龄相关的变化
Daniel Yonas1, Larisa Heiphetz Solomon1
1Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
Child development
|November 28, 2024
概括
随着孩子们的年龄增长,他们对为什么人们犯下错误行为的好奇心会增加,专注于意图. 这种发育转变凸显了理解意图如何驱动儿童的发展.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 道德心理学道德心理学
- 认知发展 认知发展
背景情况:
- 随着年龄的增长,个人越来越重视理解行为背后的意图,特别是违法行为.
- 在日常生活中,关于意图的信息往往很少,这引起了人们对行为动机的好奇心.
- 了解消极和积极行为的原因是社会认知的一个关键方面.
研究的目的:
- 调查与年龄相关的变化,对行为原因的信息的渴望.
- 检查儿童和成年人如何寻求过犯的解释与亲社会行为的解释.
- 为了确定意图与期望违规行为驱动对行为的好奇心的作用.
主要方法:
- 进行了三项研究,参与者年龄为4-6岁,7-9岁和成年人 (N=669).
- 评估了参与者对假设违规行为和亲社会行为背后原因的好奇心.
- 统计分析,包括效果大小,用于比较年龄组和行为类型.
主要成果:
- 年龄较大的儿童和成年人比亲社会行为更愿意理解违规行为.
- 年龄较小的孩子对学习关于违法行为而不是亲社会行为的偏好不太明显.
- 强调理解意图,而不是违反期望,显著解释了与年龄相关的好奇心差异.
结论:
- 随着年龄的增长,对错误行为的好奇心,特别是背后的意图,会逐渐发展.
- 较大的孩子在判断过犯时专注于意图,这可能解释了他们对负面行为的好奇心.
- 社会认知推理的发展变化会影响寻求对他人的行为解释的动机.
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