儿童对同情者的评价
Alexis S Smith-Flores1, Gabriel J Bonamy1, Lindsey J Powell1
1Department of Psychology, University of California, La Jolla, California, USA.
Child development
|April 4, 2025
概括
孩子们积极地看待同情者,但他们的判断会根据背景和年龄而改变. 帮助行为和不道德的目标显著影响孩子对同情的看法.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 社会认知是指社会认知.
背景情况:
- 共感对于社会发展至关重要.
- 儿童对同情心及其社会影响的理解随着年龄的增长而演变.
研究的目的:
- 检查孩子们如何评估那些表现出同情心的人.
- 调查影响儿童对同情心的判断的背景因素.
主要方法:
- 对159名年龄在4-7岁的美国儿童进行了基于图片的任务.
- 记录了儿童对同情与不那么同情的反应的评估.
主要成果:
- 孩子们通常喜欢同情的人,认为他们更好,有更好的关系.
- 当同情与帮助行为对比或针对不道德演员时,评估变得更加消极.
- 年长的孩子们对同情和帮助有了更平衡的看法,对不道德的目标的评估有了更大的转变.
结论:
- 儿童从小就把同情心融入到他们的社会评价中.
- 背景因素,如帮助行为的存在或目标的道德,显著调节这些评估.
- 语境对同理心评估的影响随着年龄的增长而增强,这表明社会推理的发展进展.
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