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Preschooler's use of fair means or foul means in moral judgment

  • THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
  • 2006, 19(4), pp.117-135
  • Publisher : The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
  • Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science

CHONG,YOUNG-SOOK 1 Cho, Young-Mi 1

1부산대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study was conducted to examine young children's differential use of a fair means or foul means in moral judgment. Sixty preschoolers age from three to five were presented four stories combined means(fair vs foul) and outcome(positive vs negative). Subjects were asked to judge the goodness or badness of each character in the four stories on four point scale. they were also asked to assign prize or punishment to the character. Results showed that children as young as three can use differentially a fair means vs a foul means for making moral judgment: Young children including three-year olds rated a character using fair mean as much better and a character using foul means as much worse irrespective of types of outcome. Similar pattern was found in children's prize/punishment assignment. It was discussed the consideration for the importance of fair means in moral judgment.

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