Morally-relevant theory of mind mediates the relationship between group membership and moral judgments
Morally-relevant theory of mind mediates the relationship between group membership and moral judgments
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DOI：
10.1016/j.cogdev.2020.100976
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发表时间：
2021-01-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Killen, Melanie
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作者：
Glidden, Jacquelyn;D'Esterre, Alexander;Killen, Melanie
孩子们依靠他们对他人心理状态的理解来帮助他们驾驭复杂的社会环境，包括道德判断和群体成员关系。本研究考察了心理状态理解、群体成员和道德判断之间的关系。对4-10岁的儿童（N = 120，年龄= 6.87，年龄= 1.81）进行了访谈，并告诉他们假设的同伴为他们的团队创造了优势，这些优势在他们的意图的道德地位上是不同的。分析显示，当优势同时具有道德动机和意图动机时，与道德相关的心智能力理论介导了群体成员、意图归因和社会排斥之间的关系，但当优势是直接的道德违背时则不起作用。道德相关心理理论对个人判断有预测作用，并根据被试的内群体/外群体地位而变化。未来的工作应该考虑儿童的心理状态理解如何与群体内偏见相互作用，从而影响其他情况下的结果。
Children rely on their understanding of others' mental states to help them navigate complex social contexts involving moral judgments and group membership. This study examined the relationship between mental state understanding, group membership, and moral judgments. Children (4-10 years old, N = 120, MAge = 6.87 years, SDAge = 1.81), were interviewed and told about hypothetical peers who created advantages for their team that varied in the moral status of their intentions. Analyses revealed that morally-relevant Theory of Mind competence mediated the relations between group membership, attribution of intentions, and social exclusion when an advantage had both moral and intentional motives, but not when an advantage was a straightforward moral transgression. Morally-relevant Theory of Mind was predictive of person judgments and varied based on ingroup/outgroup status of the target. Future work should consider how children's mental state understanding interacts with ingroup biases to affect outcomes in other contexts.