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How people evaluate individuals who act morally prior to acting immorally: An examination of developmental change in moral evaluation, social preference, and prediction of moral behaviors

Motoyama, Hina, Ikeda, Ayaka, Okumura, Yuko·2024·Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
DOI 10.1016/j.jecp.2024.106065
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Abstract

Recent studies have enthusiastically examined the developmental origin of moral self-licensing, which is a tendency to act immorally after acting morally. However, it has not been considered enough how children evaluate personality traits of individuals who show moral licensing behavior and whether there is any developmental change in this evaluation. This study examined the developmental change in moral evaluation, social preference, and prediction of moral behaviors for moral licensing characters as well as moral or immoral characters. In total, 36 5- and 6-year-old children, 36 7- and 8-year-old children, and 58 university students participated in the study. The results revealed that 7- and 8-year-olds and adults evaluated moral licensing characters as more moral and likable than those who behave immorally, unlike 5- and 6-year-olds, who did not distinguish between the immoral and moral licensing characters. Importantly, 7- and 8-year-olds judged the moral licensing character as neutral in both moral evaluation and judgment of social preference, suggesting that they thought the immoral behavior was canceled out owing to prior moral behavior in the moral licensing character. However, adults still judged the moral licensing character as immoral and dislikable. Moreover, children's prediction of moral behavior for all characters showed the same tendency as moral evaluation, whereas adults' prediction was slightly different from their moral evaluation. Taken together, our find…

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  1. Piaget, J. (1977). Le jugement moral chez l'enfant (5th ed.) (S. Otomo, Trans.). Dobunshoin. (Original work published 1930).

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Authors
Motoyama, H., Ikeda, A., & Okumura, Y.
Affiliations
  • Senshu University (JP)
  • NTT (Japan) (JP)
Corresponding author
Ikeda, Ayaka
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Venue
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2024-12
Volume
248
Pages
106065
ISSN
0022-0965 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.jecp.2024.106065
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W4402273900
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387fd1b103f5bfd8bb195f73ab749c78f98be1df
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50
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journal article
Language
en
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closed
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  • Journal of Experimental Child Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Ethics in Business and Education
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotions and Moral Behavior
Keywords
moral licensing, moral evaluation, social preferences, moral development, children's moral judgment, moral behavior
MeSH terms
Adult, Age Factors, Child, Child Development, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Judgment, Male, Morals, Personality, Social Behavior, Social Perception, Moral Development, Young Adult

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