作者
Erin R Baker, Alexander P D’Esterre, Joanna P Weaver
发表日期
2021/4/1
期刊
Cognitive Development
卷号
58
页码范围
101035
出版商
JAI
简介
Children’s moral reasoning in early childhood is dynamic, and requires coordination of multiple social domains. Hierarchical Competing Systems Model (HCSM; Marcovitch & Zelazo, 2009) posits that underlying cognitive mechanisms, namely executive functions (EF), might allow for greater reflection and integration of multiple domains. In the current study, 121 preschool-age children (Mage = 53.24 months) completed an age-appropriate Stroop task, a theory of mind (ToM) battery, and open-ended story-interviews pertaining to intentional and accidental harm. Findings largely support the HCSM in explaining children’s moral reasoning. Stroop performance explained morally-embedded ToM task performance, such that stronger EF corresponded with better ToM performance. ToM performance explained attributions of intentions for events of intentional harm and accidental harm, but did not explain children’s own …
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