The Role of Testimony in Children's Moral Decision Making: Evidence from China and United States

Autor/inn/en	Li, Pearl Han; Harris, Paul L.; Koenig, Melissa A.
Titel	The Role of Testimony in Children's Moral Decision Making: Evidence from China and United States
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 55 (2019) 12, S.2603-2615 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Li, Pearl Han)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0000839
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Comparative Education; Cultural Differences; Decision Making; Moral Values; Value Judgment; Trust (Psychology); Preschool Children; Evaluative Thinking; Intuition; Moral Development; China; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Kultureller Unterschied; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Werturteil; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Moralische Entwicklung; USA
Abstract	What does it take know a moral truth or principle? Although testimony is an undisputed source of empirical knowledge of contingent facts, it is less clear whether it is possible to acquire "second-hand moral knowledge" (Jones, 1999; Wolff, 1998). In the present studies, 3- to 5-year-old Chinese (N = 124) and U.S. American (N = 90) children were asked to judge whether novel, distress-inducing actions were morally permissible, both independently and after either 1 or 3 adult informants had made counterintuitive judgments. Although participants made appropriate moral judgments independently, children from both countries were affected by the counterintuitive testimony provided by the adult informant(s). Moreover, Chinese children were especially receptive to such counterintuitive claims. These findings demonstrate that intuitive moral judgments based on perceived harm are common across 2 cultural groups, but adult testimony can potentially shift those judgments. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01