Lee Flashcards
Outline the background to Lee et a
Culture is typically defined as the human made part of he environment, it includes the ways in which people do things as well as beliefs , values and norms
Hofstede suggested individualism ans collectivism
- an individualistic culture, people’s identités are defined by personal choice and achievements self reliance and the rights for individuals to do their own thing are emphasised
- A collectivist culture suggests peoples identities are defined by the groups that they are in (e.g family tribe or nation) group goals take priority over individual goals and maintaining group harmony is important
What was the aim of Lee et al
-Culture- to find out if the culture a child grows up in individualistic or collectivist affects their views abut truth telling and lying
-Age- To find out if the views of children about truth telling and lying change as they grow older
Outline the sample used in Lee et al
120 Chinese (collectivist)
Age 7= 40 (20m 20f)
Age 9 = 40 (20m 20f)
Age 11= 40 (20m 20f))
108 Canadian children (individualistic)
Age 7 = 36 (20m 16f)
Age 9 =40 (24m 16f)
Age 11=32 (14m 18f)
Outline the procedure used by Lee et al
Each child had to read four stories, the storie focused on fictional children behaving in different ways
- a child would behave ANTI SOCIALLY and then TELL THE TRUTH to their teacher (admit to oing something naughty
- a child would behave ANTI SOCIALLY and then LIE to their teacher about what they had done (deny doing something naughty
- a child would behave PRO SOCIALLY and then TELL THE TRUTH to the teacher about what they had done
-a child would behave PRO SOCIALLY and then LIE bout what they had done (deny having done a good deed)
The children were then asked to rate what the child did in the story out of 7 from very very bad to very very good.
Outline what is meant by a social story and what is meant by a hysical story in the o text of Lee
For Hal the children their stories were social stories in which the behaviour had an impact on another child
For the other half of the children, their four stories were physical stories in which the behaviour Carrie out had an impact on the environment. E.g picking up litter in the playground
Outline the findings/ concluions found by Lee
-Children in the collectivist China came to view LYING about a PRO SOCIAL action more positively as they grew older
-With regard to a charecter TELLING THE TRUTH about a pro social story the have done children in the collectivist China came to view this negatively as they grew older
-Children from both Collectivist China and Individuallist Canada viewed TRUTH TELLING and LYINIG about ANTISOCIL behaviour equally
