Children's Moral Evaluations of Reporting the Transgressions of Peers: Age Differences in Evaluations of Tattling

Autor/inn/en	Loke, Ivy Chiu; Heyman, Gail D.; Forgie, Julia; McCarthy, Anjanie; Lee, Kang
Titel	Children's Moral Evaluations of Reporting the Transgressions of Peers: Age Differences in Evaluations of Tattling
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 47 (2011) 6, S.1757-1762 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0025357
Schlagwörter	Age Differences; Moral Values; Investigations; Children; Student Attitudes; Observation; Cognitive Development; Student Evaluation; Vignettes; Foreign Countries; Student Behavior; Elementary Schools; Grade 1; Grade 6; Middle Schools; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Untersuchung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Schülerverhalten; Beobachtung; Kognitive Entwicklung; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Ausland; Student behaviour; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Kanada
Abstract	The way children evaluate the reporting of peers' transgressions to authority figures was investigated. Participants, ages 6-11 years (N = 60), were presented with a series of vignettes, each of which depicted a child who committed either a minor transgression (such as not finishing the vegetables at lunch) or a more serious transgression (such as stealing from a classmate). Participants were asked to evaluate the decision of a child observer who either did or did not report the transgression to a teacher. Younger children considered reporting to be appropriate for both types of transgressions, but older children considered reporting to be appropriate for major transgressions only. Results are interpreted with reference to (a) a changing peer culture in which the social cost of reporting transgressions increases and (b) a developmental change in children's cognitive capabilities. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10