Young Children Are More Likely to Cheat after Overhearing That a Classmate Is Smart

Autor/inn/en	Zhao, Li; Chen, Lulu; Sun, Wenjin; Compton, Brian J.; Lee, Kang; Heyman, Gail D.
Titel	Young Children Are More Likely to Cheat after Overhearing That a Classmate Is Smart
Quelle	In: Developmental Science, 23 (2020) 5, (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1467-7687
DOI	10.1111/desc.12930
Schlagwörter	Cheating; Moral Development; Socialization; Preschool Children; Comparative Analysis; Peer Relationship; Interpersonal Communication; Child Behavior; Role; Games; Cognitive Ability; Rewards; Child Development; Preschool Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Prellen; Moralische Entwicklung; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Peer-Beziehungen; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Rollen; Game; Spiel; Spiele; Denkfähigkeit; Reward; Belohnung; Kindesentwicklung
Abstract	Research on moral socialization has largely focused on the role of direct communication and has almost completely ignored a potentially rich source of social influence: evaluative comments that children overhear. We examined for the first time whether overheard comments can shape children's moral behavior. Three- and 5-year-old children (N = 200) participated in a guessing game in which they were instructed not to cheat by peeking. We randomly assigned children to a condition in which they overheard an experimenter tell another adult that a classmate who was no longer present is smart, or to a control condition in which the overheard conversation consisted of non-social information. We found that 5-year-olds, but not 3-year-olds, cheated significantly more often if they overheard the classmate praised for being smart. These findings show that the effects of ability praise can spread far beyond the intended recipient to influence the behavior of children who are mere observers, and they suggest that overheard evaluative comments can be an important force in shaping moral development. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01