Moral and Conventional Violations in Childhood: Brazilians Tolerate Less but Expect More Punishment than U.S. Americans

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作者：

Oliveira, Susana K. de M. ^{[1
]}

Mendes, Deise M. L. F. ^{[2
]}

de Oliveira, Ebenezer A. ^{[3
]}

Pessoa, Luciana F. ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Fed Ceara, Dept Psychol, Ctr Humanities, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil

[2] Univ Estado Rio de Janeiro, Dept Psychol, Ctr Educ & Human Sci, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

[3] Malone Univ, Coll Theol Arts & Sci, Dept Psychol, Canton, OH USA

[4] Pontificia Univ Catolica Rio de Janeiro, Dept Psychol, Ctr Theol & Human Sci, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

来源：

JOURNAL OF COGNITION AND CULTURE | 2020年 / 20卷 / 3-4期

关键词：

moral judgment; social convention; tolerance; punishment; cultural comparison; PRESCHOOL CHILDRENS CONCEPTIONS; SOCIAL CONVENTIONS; GENDER-DIFFERENCES; CULTURE; TRANSGRESSIONS;

D O I：

10.1163/15685373-12340085

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Brazilian and US American children were compared for differences in tolerance and punishment expectancy. We hypothesized that participants would be less tolerant and more punishing of moral than conventional violations; tolerance and punishment expectancy would relate with age; Brazilians would tolerate less and expect more punishment than US Americans; and social domain would moderate effects of age and nationality. The sample had 129 matched children from Brazil and the USA. Moral/conventional-violation vignettes were used. Mixed-model GLMs suggested that children were less tolerant and more punishing of moral than social-conventional violations. Age effects were significant for tolerance. Brazilians scored lower on tolerance and higher on punishment expectancy than US Americans; they also differentiated less between violation domains than US Americans. These and other results suggest that Brazilians tolerate less but expect more punishment for violations than US Americans. Discussion is based on cultural and socio-historical differences between the two nations.

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