Children’s moral emotion attribution in the happy victimizer task: the role of response format
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UAM. Departamento de Psicología Social y MetodologíaPublisher
RoutledgeDate
2016Citation
10.1080/00221325.2015.1103694
The Journal of Genetic Psychology 177.1 (2016): 1-16
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0022-1325 (print); 1940-0896 (online)DOI
10.1080/00221325.2015.1103694Subjects
Cognitive development; Esponse format; Happy victimizer task; Moral emotions; PsicologíaNote
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in The Journal of Genetic Psychology on 2016 available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00221325.2015.1103694Rights
© 2016 Taylor & Francis Group, LLCAbstract
Previous research in the happy victimizer tradition indicated that preschool and early elementary school children attribute positive emotions to the violator of a moral norm, whereas older children attribute negative (moral) emotions. Cognitive and motivational processes have been suggested to underlie this developmental shift. The current research investigated whether making the happy victimizer task less cognitively demanding by providing children with alternative response formats would increase their attribution of moral emotions and moral motivation. In Study 1, 93 British children aged 4–7 years
old responded to the happy victimizer questions either in a normal condition (where they spontaneously pointed with a finger), a wait condition (where they had to wait before giving their answers), or an arrow condition (where they had to point with a paper arrow). In Study 2, 40 Spanish children aged 4 years old responded to the happy victimizer task either in a normal or a wait condition. In both studies, participants’ attribution of moral emotions and moral motivation was significantly higher in the conditions with alternative response formats (wait, arrow) than in the normal condition. The role of cognitive abilities
for emotion attribution in the happy victimizer task is discussed
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Google Scholar:Gummerum, Michaela
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López Pérez, Belén
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Ambrona Benito, Tamara
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Rodríguez-Cano, Sonia
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Dellaria, Giulia
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Smith, Gary
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Wilson, Ellie
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