Wan Wendy W N, Chiu Chi-Yue, Luk Chung-Leung
University of Hong Kong, China.
J Soc Psychol. 2005 Oct;145(5):509-17. doi: 10.3200/SOCP.145.5.509-517.
A posteriori information about the moral attributes of the victim of a crime can affect an observer's judgment on the culpability of the actor of the crime so that negative moral attributes of the victim will lead to a lower judgment of culpability. The authors found this effect of a posteriori information among 118 American and 123 Chinese participants, but the underlying mechanisms were different between the two cultural groups. The Americans considered the psychological state of the actor during the crime, whereas the Chinese considered the morality of the actor during the crime. The authors discussed these results in light of the respondents' implicit theories of morality.
关于犯罪受害者道德属性的事后信息会影响观察者对犯罪行为实施者罪责的判断，以至于受害者的负面道德属性会导致对罪责的较低判断。作者在118名美国参与者和123名中国参与者中发现了这种事后信息的影响，但两个文化群体的潜在机制有所不同。美国人考虑犯罪过程中行为者的心理状态，而中国人考虑犯罪过程中行为者的道德。作者根据受访者隐含的道德理论讨论了这些结果。
