When Children Treat Condemnation as a Signal: The Costs and Benefits of Condemnation

Autor/inn/en	Hok, Hannah; Martin, Alia; Trail, Zachary; Shaw, Alex
Titel	When Children Treat Condemnation as a Signal: The Costs and Benefits of Condemnation
Quelle	In: Child Development, 91 (2020) 5, S.1439-1455 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hok, Hannah)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.13323
Schlagwörter	Children; Social Attitudes; Antisocial Behavior; Crime; Prediction; Punishment; Cues; Moral Values + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Child; Kind; Kinder; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Vorhersage; Bestrafung; Stichwort; Moral value; Ethischer Wert
Abstract	Condemnation is ubiquitous in the social world and adults treat condemnation as a costly signal. We explore when children begin to treat condemnation as a signal by presenting 4- to 9-year-old children (N = 435) with stories involving a condemner of stealing and a noncondemner. Children were asked to predict who would be more likely to steal as well as who should be punished more harshly for stealing. In five studies, we found that 7- to 9-year-old children treat condemnation as a signal--thinking that a condemner is less likely to steal and should be punished more harshly if caught hypocritically stealing later. We discuss the implications of these results for children's emerging understanding of signaling and moral condemnation. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01