Chinese children's evaluations of white lies: weighing the consequences for recipients.
Chinese children's evaluations of white lies: weighing the consequences for recipients.
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jecp.2010.08.015
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发表时间：
2011-02
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Lee K
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文献类型：
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作者：
Ma F;Xu F;Heyman GD;Lee K
本研究考察了中国儿童在面对“白色谎言”或“礼貌”困境时，如何对说谎和说真话做出道德判断。我们研究了参与者（年龄7至11岁;总N = 240）的判断作为沟通发生的社会背景的函数而不同的可能性。在两项研究中，预期的社会后果被系统地操纵。在第一项研究中，参与者对在公共场合说真话的评价更负面，而对撒谎的评价更正面，在这种场合，直言不讳的真相尤其可能产生负面的社会后果。在第二项研究中，参与者对说真话的评价更积极，而对说谎的评价更消极，因为在这种情况下，准确的信息可能有助于接受者取得未来的成功。这两项研究都表明，随着年龄的增长，儿童的评价受到社会背景的显著影响，在11岁的儿童中效果最大。这些结果表明，中国儿童学会考虑预期的社会后果时，作出道德判断的适当性告诉直言不讳的真相与说谎，以保护他人的感情。
This research examined how Chinese children make moral judgments about lie telling and truth telling when facing a “white lie” or “politeness” dilemma, in which telling a blunt truth is likely to hurt the feelings of another. We examined the possibility that the judgments of participants (age 7 to 11years; total N = 240) would differ as a function of the social context in which communication takes place. The expected social consequences were manipulated systematically in two studies. In Study 1, participants rated truth telling more negatively and lie telling more positively in a public situation, in which a blunt truth is especially likely to have negative social consequences. In Study 2, participants rated truth telling more positively and lie telling more negatively in a situation in which accurate information is likely to be helpful for the recipient to achieve future success. Both studies showed that with increased age children's evaluations became significantly influenced by the social context, with the strongest effects seen among the 11-year-olds. These results suggest that Chinese children learn to take anticipated social consequences into account when making moral judgments about the appropriateness of telling a blunt truth versus lying to protect the feelings of others.
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影响因子：
2.3
作者：
Heyman, Gail D.;Fu, Genyue;Lee, Kang
通讯作者：
Lee, Kang
DOI：
10.1016/s0147-1767(98)00003-0
发表时间：
1998-05-01
影响因子：
2.8
作者：
Gao, G
通讯作者：
Gao, G
影响因子：
2.1
作者：
BENNETT, M;YEELES, C
通讯作者：
YEELES, C
DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-9507.2008.00495.x
发表时间：
2009-08
期刊：
Social development (Oxford, England)
影响因子：
--
作者：
Heyman GD;Sweet MA;Lee K
通讯作者：
Lee K
影响因子：
2.3
作者：
Broomfield, KA;Robinson, EJ;Robinson, WP
通讯作者：
Robinson, WP