什么时候应该由多数决定? : 儿童对多数规则投票的发展直觉
Hannah Hok1, Emily Gerdin2, Xin Zhao3
1MIT, USA; Harvard University, USA.
Cognition
|March 28, 2025
概括
孩子们在6岁时就了解多数规则投票,他们更喜欢它,而不是随机选择或单一决定. 然而,他们认识到它的局限性,认为它不适合个人选择或不道德的团体决定.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 认知科学 认知科学
背景情况:
- 多数规则是一种共同的集团决策策略.
- 了解儿童对程序司法和集体决策的发展至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查4至9岁儿童对多数规则投票的理解.
- 为了比较孩子们对多数规则的偏好与随机决策和个人偏好.
- 探索儿童关于多数统治的直觉的发展轨迹.
主要方法:
- 在美国和中国,对814名年龄在4~9岁的儿童进行了四项实验.
- 孩子们对多数规则的偏好与抛硬币和单个人的偏好进行了比较.
- 介绍了涉及基于偏好和基于道德的决策的场景.
主要成果:
- 孩子们在4岁时更喜欢多数决策,而不是个人决策.
- 孩子们在6岁时更喜欢多数规则而不是随机决策.
- 孩子们认识到,多数规则对于个人决策和不道德的团体选择是不合适的.
结论:
- 孩子们对多数规则的理解是群体决策的公平程序.
- 孩子们对多数规则的应用是微妙的,考虑到背景和道德.
- 调查结果有助于理解在幼儿时期程序司法和群体决策的发展.
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