Counterfactual Choices and Moral Judgments in Children

Autor/inn/en	Gautam, Shalini; Owen Hall, Ruby; Suddendorf, Thomas; Redshaw, Jonathan
Titel	Counterfactual Choices and Moral Judgments in Children
Quelle	In: Child Development, 94 (2023) 5, (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Gautam, Shalini)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.13943
Schlagwörter	Decision Making; Moral Values; Developmental Stages; Child Development; Cognitive Processes; Story Telling; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Kindesentwicklung; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	When making moral judgments of past actions, adults often think counterfactually about what could have been done differently. Considerable evidence suggests that counterfactual thinking emerges around age 6, but it remains unknown how this development influences children's moral judgments. Across two studies, Australian children aged 4-9 (N = 236, 142 Females) were told stories about two characters who had a choice that led to a good or bad outcome, and two characters who had no choice over a good or bad outcome. Results showed that 4- and 5-year-olds' moral judgments were influenced only by the actual outcome. From age 6, children's moral judgments were also influenced by the counterfactual choices that had been available to the characters. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01