Understanding Young Children’s Moral Judgments Regarding Testimony Information
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This paper examined whether children would receive others’ testimony or abide by their own moral evaluations when making judgments in a social exclusion context. A total of 139 children (mean age = 5.68) divided into two age groups (4–5 years, 6–7 years) were compared in their moral judgments. Children were first introduced to a social exclusion scenario (“a group of friends excluded one person due to his skin color”), followed by contrasting testimony information from a peer consensus group and an adult authority. One side of informants argued that the event was acceptable, while the other side argued that the event was unacceptable (counter-balanced). Results showed that in evaluating the social exclusion scenario, children used their own interpretation to judge the wrongfulness of the event rather than the testimony information received. That is, children disregarded any testimony that did not align with their own moral interpretation, regardless of whether the testimony came from a peer consensus group or an adult authority. Further, as children’s moral thinking develops with age, older children (6–7 years) are more likely to make moral judgments based on their interpretation compared to younger children (4–5 years).
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This paper examined whether children would receive others’ testimony or abide by their own moral evaluations when making judgments in a social exclusion context. A total of 139 children (mean age = 5.68) divided into two age groups (4–5 years, 6–7 years) were compared in their moral judgments. Children were first introduced to a social exclusion scenario (“a group of friends excluded one person due to his skin color”), followed by contrasting testimony information from a peer consensus group and an adult authority. One side of informants argued that the event was acceptable, while the other side argued that the event was unacceptable (counter-balanced). Results showed that in evaluating the social exclusion scenario, children used their own interpretation to judge the wrongfulness of the event rather than the testimony information received. That is, children disregarded any testimony that did not align with their own moral interpretation, regardless of whether the testimony came from a peer consensus group or an adult authority. Further, as children’s moral thinking develops with age, older children (6–7 years) are more likely to make moral judgments based on their interpretation compared to younger children (4–5 years).
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