The development of an understanding of modesty
The development of an understanding of modesty
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DOI：
10.1348/026151000165823
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发表时间：
2000-11-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Banerjee, R
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作者：
Banerjee, R
先前的研究表明，在小学期间，孩子们对他人如何评价他们的理解有所提高。谦逊反映了这种理解的一种复杂形式，因为一个人必须认识到，自我贬低可以导致更高的社会评价。这项研究考察了6至10岁儿童对谦逊的理解。在实验1中，179名儿童被要求在假设情况下对赞扬的谦逊和不谦虚反应中做出选择，然后证明他们的选择是合理的。从8岁起，儿童不仅表现出对温和反应的偏好，而且还从不谦逊对社会评价的负面影响方面证明了这种偏好是合理的。在实验2中，60名儿童判断了谦虚和不谦虚的反应，并完成了两项社会认知任务，以二阶心理状态推理为上限。还实施了由教师评估的自我监控措施。和第一个实验一样，从8岁开始的孩子对温和的反应比不谦虚的反应更积极。此外，对谦逊的态度与自我监控和社会认知方面的个体差异有关，因此对社交情境的人际动态更敏感的儿童比其他儿童更有可能对温和的反应给予积极的评价。讨论了理解儿童社会行为的含义。
Previous research has shown that children's understanding of how others evaluate them improves during primary school. Modesty reflects a complex form of this understanding, since one must appreciate that a self-deprecating presentation of the self can lead to enhanced social evaluation. The present research examines the understanding of modesty in children aged between 6 and 10 years. In Expt 1, 179 children were asked to choose between modest and immodest responses to praise in hypothetical situations, and then to justify their choices. Children from age 8 onwards nor only showed a preference for the modest responses but also justified this preference in terms of the negative impact of immodesty on social evaluation. In Expt 2, 60 children judged modest and immodest responses, and also completed two social cognition tasks capping second-order mental-state reasoning. A teacher-assessed measure of self-monitoring was also administered. As in the first experiment, children from age 8 viewed modest responses more positively than immodest responses. Furthermore, attitudes towards modesty were associated with individual differences in self-monitoring and social cognition,such that children with greater sensitivity to the interpersonal dynamics of social situations were more likely than others to rate modest responses positively. Implications for understanding children's social behaviour are discussed.