Action perception and outcome valence: Effects on children's inferences of intentionality and moral and liking judgments

EF Jones, NR Thomson - The Journal of genetic psychology, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
EF Jones, NR Thomson
The Journal of genetic psychology, 2001Taylor & Francis
The influences of different action-outcome scenarios on children's evaluative judgments and
inferences of outcome intentionality were assessed. One hundred forty-five kindergartners,
2nd graders, and 4th graders heard 4 stories about child actors who engaged in 1 action or
3 equifinal actions and caused a positive or negative outcome. The stories made no mention
of the actors' anticipated outcome so that we could assess the children's inferences of
whether the actors wanted and had tried to cause the outcome. Children also rated their …
Abstract
The influences of different action-outcome scenarios on children's evaluative judgments and inferences of outcome intentionality were assessed. One hundred forty-five kindergartners, 2nd graders, and 4th graders heard 4 stories about child actors who engaged in 1 action or 3 equifinal actions and caused a positive or negative outcome. The stories made no mention of the actors' anticipated outcome so that we could assess the children's inferences of whether the actors wanted and had tried to cause the outcome. Children also rated their liking for the actors and the actors' morality. Children's moral and liking judgments were not significantly differentiated by action condition. However, actors who caused positive outcomes received favorable liking and moral judgments, and actors who caused negative outcomes received neutral liking and moral judgments. Children's intentionality inferences varied by the actors' actions and were moderated by outcome valence. The authors discuss children's apparent use of the valence rule when inferring intentionality and their reluctance to judge harshly actors who cause negative outcomes when not privy to the actors' intentions.
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