Children's moral evaluations of reporting the transgressions of peers: Age differences in evaluations of tattling
| Autor: | Kang Lee, Ivy Chiu Loke, Julia Forgie, Gail D. Heyman, Anjanie McCarthy |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Aging media_common.quotation_subject Child Behavior Morals Peer Group Article 050105 experimental psychology Developmental psychology Interpersonal relationship Child Development Honesty Developmental and Educational Psychology Cognitive development Humans Family Interpersonal Relations 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Child Life-span and Life-course Studies Demography media_common 4. Education 05 social sciences Age Factors Cognition Peer group Morality Child development Female Psychology Social psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology Marine transgression |
| Zdroj: | Developmental Psychology. 47:1757-1762 |
| ISSN: | 1939-0599 0012-1649 |
| Popis: | 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. |
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