有多么的抱歉? 幼儿的宽恕对罪犯的悔改深度很敏感
Sophie Clayton1, Amrisha Vaish1
1Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, 485 McCormick Road, Charlottesville, VA, United States.
Journal of experimental child psychology
|February 15, 2026
概括
5岁和6岁的孩子更容易原谅那些提出详细道歉的违规者,这表明他们对悔的深度很敏感. 这表明早期发展的关于宽恕和合作意图的社会认知.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 道德发展道德发展
背景情况:
- 宽恕对于在过犯后修复关系至关重要.
- 小孩子更容易原谅悔改的人,而不是那些不悔改的人.
- 在孩子的宽恕中表达悔的细微差别并未得到充分理解.
研究的目的:
- 调查孩子是否能区分深层和肤浅的悔.
- 为了确定悔恨的深度是否会影响孩子的宽恕和资源分配.
- 探索儿童对悔所传达的合作意图的敏感性.
主要方法:
- 5岁和6岁的孩子 (N=51) 观看了故意破坏图纸的视频.
- 违规者提供了简单或复杂的道歉.
- 孩子们评估了违法者,并分配了资源,并提供了理由.
主要成果:
- 孩子们比简单的道歉者更积极地评价了精心设计的道歉者.
- 参与者将更多的资源分配给了违规者,后者给出了详细的道歉.
- 理由经常引用了所收到的道歉的性质和深度.
结论:
- 到5岁时,孩子们对悔的深度很敏感,而不仅仅是它的存在.
- 通过精心设计的道歉表达的更深层次的悔,导致更积极的评估和更大的宽恕.
- 儿童对宽恕的判断受到感知到的真诚和合作意图的影响,而这种意图是由悔所标志的.
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