跨文化道德和传统的发展:实施跨文化研究的两阶段模型
Haleh Yazdi1, Rose M Schneider1, Miguel A Mejia1
1Department of Psychology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
Developmental science
|December 16, 2025
概括
这项研究探讨了儿童对不同文化中的道德与传统规则的理解. 调查结果表明,文化定制措施对于准确的跨文化道德发展比较至关重要.
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:
- 建立一个普遍的道德意识是人类合作的关键.
- 跨文化道德心理学研究受到WEIRD (西方,受过教育,工业化,富裕,民主) 采样和措施的限制.
- 研究不同社会中的道德/传统区别解决了这些局限性.
研究的目的:
- 研究5-10岁儿童的道德/传统区别的跨文化普遍性.
- 检查文化背景对儿童道德判断的影响.
- 为有效的跨文化道德研究提出一个两阶段的方法方法.
主要方法:
- 这是一项两阶段的跨文化研究,涉及来自四个不同社会的331名儿童 (5-10岁).
- 第一个阶段:采用标准化的道德认知措施来评估道德与传统的区别.
- 第二阶段:利用伊朗的文化定制刺激,在神圣的背景下完善对道德判断的理解.
主要成果:
- 标准化测量结果显示,加拿大儿童的道德/传统差异强烈,但韩国,印度和伊朗儿童的结果不同.
- 伊朗儿童在标准化测量中表现最差.
- 伊朗的文化定制措施表明了道德/传统的区别,特别是当宗教或法律法规没有涉及时.
结论:
- 伦理/传统的区别不是普遍应用或检测使用标准化措施在所有文化.
- 文化特定的措施对于道德发展研究中有效的跨文化比较至关重要.
- 结合标准化和量身定制措施的两阶段方法为跨文化道德心理学提供了更强大的方法.
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