Developmental: Lee Flashcards
Why were Chinese children chosen in specific for Lee’s study?
Because they come from a communist-collectivist country which encourages communitarianism and are encourage to report misdeeds and also avoid self-aggrandisement
Why were Canadian children chosen for Lee’s study?
Because they come from an individualistic society whereby self promotion is not considered a character flaw
What is an individualistic culture?
Societies that stress the needs of the individual over the needs of the group as a whole
What is a collectivist culture?
Societies that emphasise where the needs and goals of the group as a whole over the needs and wishes of the individual
What is cross-cultural research?
Psychologists attempting to look at both universal behaviours and the unique behaviours to identify the ways in which culture impacts our behaviour
What was the aim of the study?
To see if Chinese and Canadian children would differ in how they rated truth telling and lie telling in pro social settings and in anti social settings
What is a pro social setting?
Where someone has done something good
What is an anti social setting?
Where someone has done something bad
How were the Chinese children predicted to rate the truth telling in pro social situations?
Less positively than the Canadian children
How were the Chinese children predicted to rate the lie telling in pro social situations?
Less negatively than the Canadian children
How were the Canadian and Chinese children predicted to rate truth telling in the anti social situations?
Both cultures were expected to show similar moral evaluations of lie telling and truth telling
How many stories were the children presented with?
4
What were the 4 types of story?
Pro-social behaviour then truth telling
Pro-social behaviour then lie telling
Anti-social behaviour then truth telling
Anti-social behaviour and then lie telling
What were the two types of story condition?
Physical or social
What did the social stories depict?
A child conducting a deed directly affecting another child
How were the children split in terms of the physical/social stories?
in half
What did the physical stories depict?
A child carrying out a deed involving only physical objects which later had social impications
What is a cross sectional study?
Collect together a sample of participants of different ages and see what the different age groups are/aren’t capable of
What are 2 advantages of cross sectional studies?
Quicker than longitudinal studies as can access a variety of ages at the same time
Less risk of participant attrition
What are 2 disadvantages of cross sectional studies?
Individual differences between P’s at different ages
Only get a snapshot and cannot analyse development or changes over time (within individuals)
How many IV’s were there in Lee’s study?
4
How was nationality of the child an IV?
As they were Chinese or Canadian
How was age an IV?
The children were either 7, 9 or 11 years old
What was the IV involving how the character behaved in the story?
Pro social or anti social
What was the IV in terms of what was affected by the child’s behaviour?
Social or physical
For the Chinese sample, how many male and female children were there for each age group?
20m and 20f