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Nov 16, 2023 · As children develop, they place more emphasis on intentions in making moral judgments, yet little research has examined the role of belief understanding in morally-relevant situations. We examined children’s (N = 61), and adults’ (N = 36) judgments of agent intent, deserved consequence, and blame and praise in morally-relevant belief ...
Dec 6, 2019 · We found that children responded to moral dilemmas similar to their mothers, revealed by correlations between the responses of mothers and their children in all five moral dilemmas and a highly similar overall response pattern between mother and child across all judgments.
- Niklas Dworazik, Joscha Kärtner, Leon Lange, Moritz Köster
- 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02683
- 2019
- Front Psychol. 2019; 10: 2683.
Feb 7, 2024 · Key points. Logical consequences are consequences related to the child’s actions. Parents want children to follow rules because they care about being a kind, moral person. Practicing...
Killen et al. (2011) assessed 3- to 8-year-old children’s understanding in a moral transgression task embedded within a false belief story. In this story, a well-intentioned boy accidentally causes a negative outcome because he acts on the basis of a false belief about a container’s contents.
Dec 20, 2016 · The study was designed to address some of the shortcomings in prior research by examining young children aged between 6 years; 4 months and 8 years; 10 months, using a broad concept of moral development including emotional aspects and applying an approach that is closely connected to children’s daily lives.
- Hanna Maria Beißert, Marcus Hasselhorn
- 2016
Mar 1, 2023 · While testimony can be essential in the cultivation of children’s capacities for moral understanding and promote children’s prosocial development, it can also lead children to think or act in a self-interested, biased, ignorant or antisocial manner.
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Nov 2, 2020 · Chances are, your first foray into teaching children about morality is simply telling them an act is right or wrong. However, they’re likely to follow this up with questions that might well be difficult to answer.
