Psychological Development and Education ›› 2013, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (5): 466-474.

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The Influence of Different Rule Characteristics on Children’s Judgments

ZHOU Shuang-zhu, CHEN Ying-he   

  1. Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
  • Online:2013-09-15 Published:2013-09-15

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Abstract: This study explored the influence of different domains (prudential domain; personal domain) and different authorities (adult; peer) on children's judgments. 48 children aged from 4 to 7 participated. The results showed that: (1) 7-year-olds had a more complex understanding of rule. They predicted that the protagonists shouldn't break rules of prudential domain more than rules of personal domain and should be criticized more for breaking rules of prudential domain. And they also predicted that the protagonists should be criticized more for breaking the rule claimed by adult authority. Whereas 4 and 5-year-olds' predictions did not differ significantly in different rule situations. (2) Children's predictions of praise didn't differ significantly across conditions. (3) Older children are more inclined to predict that a protagonist would insist to do what he prefers, even though there is a prohibitive rule. (4) There was no significant difference on behavior predictions. The amount of children who predict compliance and transgression are even.

Key words: rules of prudential domain, rules of personal domain, adult authority, peer authority, children

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  • B844.1
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