Unit 2; Core Studies; Lee et al
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- Lee et al
- Aim: see if canada & china differ in how they rate truth or lie telling in pro or anti social situations
- Sample
- China: 120; 60 boy 60 girl 40 age 7, 40 age 9, 40 age 11 from Hangzhou
- Canada: 108; 58 boy 50 girl 36 age 7, 40 age 9, 32 age 11
- IV: nationality, age, anti or pro-social story, physical or social story DV: how they rated the behaviour in the story
- Procedure
- children randomly allocated to physical or social story
- each seen individually
- Rating chart was explained to them; behavior was positive = stars, behavior was negative = plusses
- told 4 stories and questioned after each
- counterbalanced to change order stories were heard in
- 4 stories: 1) prosocial truth 2)prosocial lie 3)antisocial truth 4) antisocial lie
- Results
- Story 1: no sig dif between culture Ca gave similar ratings at any age, Ch rated less positive with age
- Story 2: Ca became less neg with age, Ch rated neg at 7 but pos at 11
- Story 3: both viewed as positive
- Story 4: rated more neg as age increased, irrespective of culture
- Conclusions: moral development is different in different cultures as a result of socio-cultural norms
- Ethics: all kept
- Reliability & Validity
- IR: 8 stories make it replicable, 4 stories per child so no 'one offs'
- ER: large sample
- IV: controlled where possible but differences still possible. Counterbalancing reduces response bias
- EV: true to life? asked opinions on stories?
- Ethnocentrism: do canada & china represent all of the 'west' and 'east'
- Summary
- Developmental Area: morals change over time
- Moral development: culture affects development
- Links to Debates
- Individual vs Situational: culture affects our morality, not complete our individual opinion
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