Children's moral evaluations of and behaviors toward people who are curious about religion and science.

Autor: Mosley AJ; University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA., White CJM; York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Solomon LH; Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Child development [Child Dev] 2024 Jul-Aug; Vol. 95 (4), pp. e224-e235. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 27.
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.14088
Abstrakt: Although children exhibit curiosity regarding science, questions remain regarding how children evaluate others' curiosity and whether evaluations differ across domains that prioritize faith (e.g., religion) versus those that value questioning (e.g., science). In Study 1 (n = 115 5- to 8-year-olds; 49% female; 66% White), children evaluated actors who were curious, ignorant and non-curious, or knowledgeable about religion or science; curiosity elicited relatively favorable moral evaluations (ds > .40). Study 2 (n = 62 7- to 8-year-olds; 48% female; 63% White) found that these evaluations generalized to behaviors, as children acted more pro-socially and less punitively toward curious, versus not curious, individuals ( η p 2  = .37). These findings (data collected 2020-2022) demonstrate children's positive moral evaluations of curiosity and contribute to debates regarding overlap between scientific and religious cognition.
(© 2024 The Authors. Child Development © 2024 Society for Research in Child Development.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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