儿童和年轻成年人对基于性别的科学资源不平等的判断中考虑优点
Marley B Forbes1, Riley N Sims1, Melanie Killen1
1Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA.
Developmental science
|November 17, 2025
概括
当优秀群体处于不利地位时,儿童和年轻人对资源不平等的判断更加严厉. 年长的孩子越来越多地把重点放在优点上,而不是平等,在他们对社会差异的推理中.
科学领域:
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 道德发展道德发展
背景情况:
- 在全球范围内,社会不平等仍然存在,成年人经常用功利主义的信念来证明它们是合理的.
- 功利主义信念的发展轨迹,特别是儿童的发展轨迹,仍然未被充分探索.
研究的目的:
- 调查儿童和年轻人如何将优点纳入科学教育资源不平等的道德判断.
- 检查与年龄相关的关于男孩和女孩之间基于群体的不平等的推理上的差异.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及144名年龄在5至22岁的参与者的研究.
- 参与者评估了基于优点和性别的道德判断和关于资源不平等的推理.
主要成果:
- 参与者认为不利于高优势群体的不平等比不利于低优势群体的不平等更为负面.
- 在判断影响女孩的不平等方面,出现了与年龄相关的差异,而年长的孩子对功绩更敏感.
- 与年轻的参与者和年轻成年人相比,年长的孩子更有可能考虑优点,不太可能考虑平等.
结论:
- 对功德的关注显著地塑造了从童年到年轻成人时期对社会不平等的道德判断.
- 发展的转变发生在个人对公平的推理方式上,越来越强调优点而不是平等.
- 了解这种功利主义的发展起源对于解决社会不平等至关重要.
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