Lee et al Flashcards
What was the aim of Lee’s study?
To compare Chinese and Canadian children’s moral evaluations of lying and truth telling in situations involving pro and antisocial behaviours.
What was the method to Lee’s study?
Cross-cultural research
A quasi experiment having an independent design.
What was the sample to Lee’s study?
120 Chinese children: 40 7 years old (20 m and 20 F) and 40 9yr olds(20M, 20F) and 40 11 year olds (20m and 20F). They were recruited from elementary schools in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, a medium- sized city in the people’s Republic of China.
108 Canadian Children: 36 7 year olds (20m and 16F), 40 9 year olds (24M and 16F), 32 11 year olds(14M, 18F). They were recruited from elementary schools in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
What was the procedure for Lee’s study?
7,9 and 11 year old chinese and canadian children were presnted with four short stories.
Two stolries involved a child who intentionally carried out a good deed
Two stories involved a child who intentionally carried out a bad deed..
Hald of the children were presnted stories that showed a child conducting a deed directly affecting another child (the social story condition) and the other half recieved stories that depicted a child carrying iut a deed involving only physical objects (the physical story condition)
Children were asked to rate both the story character’s deeds and vry statemnt as ‘naughty’ or good.’
What were the results in Lee’s study?
Among the chinese children, 8% of 7 year olds, 43% of 9 year olds and 48% of 11 year olds gave negative ratings for telling the truth (prsocial truth telling story).
25% of Chinese 7 year olds, 43% of 9 year olds and 70% of 11 year olds rated lying as positive (in the prosoical/lie telling story compared to 0% of 11yo Canadian Children)
What conclusions were given in Lee’s study?
Moral reasoning can be influences by our culture and the society in which we live.
The influence of socio-cultural factors become stronger as we age.
Some aspects of moral reasoning, such as judging antisocial lying as bad, may be universal
What were the 4 conditions in the study by Lee?
1.Culture= chinese or Canadian
2.Age-7,9,11 years old
3.Type of story-Physical or social
4.Prosocial or antisocial
Give an example of a question used in Lee’s study and explain why this question was used.
‘Alex tidied the classroom for his teacher’ the ps were asked whether what Alex did was a good or a bad thing, this was to evaluate that they understood what the question was and what Alex had done was good or bad.
What were the 2 DV’s in Lee’s study and how were they measured?
1Ps rated the characters response using a 7 point rating score. Ranging from very very good to very very naught.
2. Also used post-study interviews to help exlain why they make take the view that what the character siad was ‘good’ or ‘naughty’.
What do Lee’s results tell us about children’s moral evaluations of lying?
That most children view lying as bad in any circumstance. But when Chinese students age they strat to view lying to cover up a good deed as good. Showing cultural differences between children’s moral evaluations of lying.
What is the key theme for Lee’s study?
Moral development
