Preschoolers' Moral Judgments About Provocative, Retaliative, and Punitive Aggression in Hypothetical Situations

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  • ETCHU KOJI
    GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY

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  • 仮想場面における挑発, 報復, 制裁としての攻撃に対する幼児の道徳的判断

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The present study compared preschoolers' judgments of provocative, retaliative, and punitive aggression. Preschoolers (36 boys, 30 girls; average age 61 months, range 50 to 73 months) were presented with 3 picture stories in which the main character showed either provocative, retaliative, or punitive aggressive behavior. Following each story, the children were asked to judge (1) whether the aggressive behavior was right or wrong,(2) whether they would like to play with the main character, and (3) whether they would behave like the main character. The results were as follows: (1) The children judged provocative aggression to be explicitly wrong; however, their judgments about retaliative and punitive aggression were equally divided.(2) The children reported that they would like to play with the main character when he or she showed retaliative or punitive aggression, however, they rejected playing with the main characters who showed provocative aggression.(3) The children reported that they would show punitive aggression, but that they would not show provocative or retaliative aggression. The results indicate that preschoolers at these ages have already acquired a rudimentary understanding of retributive justice, and that they tend to justify retaliative and punitive aggression.

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  • CRID
    1390001205459628544
  • NII Article ID
    130004624236
  • DOI
    10.5926/jjep1953.53.4_479
  • ISSN
    00215015
  • Text Lang
    ja
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