Lee

Question 1

Which area is Lees study part of

Answer 1

Developmental area

Question 2

What is the background of the study

Answer 2

Children’s moral development about lying and truth telling relies on the the extent to which a verbal statement differs from factually and whether or not the lie is punished - study by Piaget

Question 3

What is the method

Answer 3

Laboratory method

Question 4

What is the design

Answer 4

Independent measures

Question 5

What are the 4 conditions

Answer 5

Pro social behaviour / truth telling story

Pro social / lie telling

Antisocial / truth telling

Antisocial / lie telling

Question 6

What are the 2 independent variables

Answer 6

Whether they heard physical or social story

Whether stories were pro social (intentionally doing good deed) or antisocial (intentionally doing a bad deed)

Question 7

What are the 2 dependant variables

Answer 7

The rating given to the story characters deed

The rating given to what the character said (verbal statement)

Question 8

How many Chinese children were there

Answer 8

120

Question 9

What are the ages of the Chinese children (include how many of each and genders)

Answer 9

40, 11 year old 20 of each
40 9 year olds 20 of each
40 7 year old 20 of each

Question 10

How were the Chinese children chose for the study

Answer 10

Recruited from elementary in hanghzou

Question 11

How many Canadian children were there in the study

Answer 11

108

Question 12

What were the ages of the Canadian children (include gender and how many of each)

Answer 12

32 11 year olds , 18 girls and 14 male
40 9 year olds 24 male 16 female
36 7 year olds 24 male 14 female

Question 13

Where were the Canadian children recruited from

Answer 13

Elementary school

Question 14

Describe procedure of the study

Answer 14

Each participant was tested individually
They were told the meaning of the words and symbols of the ratings on the 7 point rating scale
They were then read 4 social or physical stories (with the deed section first)
The children then indicated their rating either verbally or non verbally
They were then read section of story and gave rating again for verbal statement

Question 15

What at 2 controls of the story

Answer 15

Meaning of each symbol repeated each time a question was asked

2 orders of 4 story determined using randomised table to control for order effects

Question 16

Describe results of prosocial behaviour / truth telling stories

Answer 16

They rated pro social behaviour similarly
Chinese children’s ratings became less positive with age

Question 17

Describe the results from prosocial behaviour / lie telling

Answer 17

Canadian children rated lie telling negatively but as age increased it became less negative
Chinese children ratings of lie telling changed from positive to negative as age increased

Question 18

Antisocial behaviour / truth telling

Answer 18

Children rated antisocial behaviour similarly
Children both rated truth telling very positively

Question 19

Results from antisocial behaviour/ lie telling

Answer 19

Both rated lie telling negatively

Negative rating increased with age

Chinese 7 years old rated lies less negative in physical story (than older kids)

Canadian rated lie telling less negative in social story (than older kids)

Question 20

What are 4 conclusions from the study?

Answer 20

Close relationship between social cultural practices as moral judgment

Chinese children date truth telling in prosocial situation less positive and lie telling in same situation less negative than Canadian kids

Emphasis on self effacement and modesty in Chinese culture increasingly impact in Chinese children moral judgement

Moral development impacted by culture and social environment

Question 21

Evaluate method / validity

Answer 21

High internal validity - simple procedures, standardised and easy to replicate - lab experiment

Low ecological - unrealistic conditions, very controlled, children could have responded differently to what they would acc do irl

Question 22

Evaluate the sample

Answer 22

Both male and female
Large sample - more generalise

Children - can’t generalise to adults
All from urban background

Question 23

Evaluate data

Answer 23

Quantitative data - from ratings
Easy to compare between cultures and ages
Simplifies behaviour - we can only assume

Question 24

Evaluate ethnocentrism

Answer 24

2 different cultures used
But not representative of world
Individual and collectivist

Question 25

Ethical considerations