Developmental: Lee

Question 1

Background

Answer 1

> children distinguish whether lies are good or bad by how much info differs from reality and how much person lying is punished
majority of research into lying/truth telling into western cultures

Question 2

method

Answer 2

lab

Question 3

IV

Answer 3

social or physical story, prosocial or anti-social, culture

Question 4

DV

Answer 4

> rating given to characters actions
rating given to characters verbal responses

Question 5

sample

Answer 5

> 120 Chinese children from Hangzhou, 40 7yo, 40 9yo, 40 11yo
108 Canadians from fredericton, 36 7yo, 40 9yo, 32 11yo
china promotes honesty and candy have westernised perspective of achievements for good behaviour

Question 6

procedure

Answer 6

> half Chinese assigned to social half to physical story
Canadian randomly assigned to social or physical
pps read 4 scenarios- 2 pro 2 anti
each pp tested individually
-3 to 3 scale- very very naughty to very very good
pps instructed on how to scale works and meaning of the works

Question 7

for each scenario

Answer 7

> read ‘deed’ section and pp rates behaviour on scale
read section of story and pp rates verbal response of characters
stories were read in one of two orders- lower order effects
discussion after experiment

Question 8

results

Answer 8

> ratings were converted into quantitative data
no sig effect of general or story order

Question 9

results- prosocial/truth telling

Answer 9

> children of both cultures rate similar in truth telling situation- doing a good thing is good
rating of truth telling higher in Canada, Chinese became less positive with age

Question 10

results- prosocial/lie telling

Answer 10

> rating vary by culture
Canadian children rate lie telling negatively
Chinese children rating of lie telling become more positive as age increased- lean to be modest

Question 11

antisocial/truth telling

Answer 11

> both rate similarly
both rate truth telling positive

Question 12

antisocial/lie telling

Answer 12

> both rate lying negatively
negative ratings increase with age in both cultures
Chinese 7 yo rate lie telling less negatively I physical stories whereas Canadian 7 yo rate lie telling less negatively in social stories

Question 13

conclusions

Answer 13

> close relationship between socio-cultural practices and moral judgement
specific cultural norms and values have an impact on children’s moral judgment
emphasis on self-effacement and modesty in Chinese culture has an increasing impact on Chinese children moral judgments
moral development is highly contextual and is affected by culture