Second University of Naples, 81100-Caserta, Italy.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2011 Aug;37(8):1117-29. doi: 10.1177/0146167211406906. Epub 2011 May 3.
This research examines how moral values regulate the behavior of individual group members. It argues that group members behave in line with moral group norms because they anticipate receiving ingroup respect when enacting moral values that are shared by ingroup members. Data from two experimental studies offer evidence in support. In Study 1 (N = 82), morality-based (but not competence-based) ingroup norms determined whether members of a low-status group opted for individual versus collective strategies for status improvement. This effect was mediated by anticipated ingroup respect and emerged regardless of whether group norms prescribed collectivistic or individualistic behavior. These effects were replicated in Study 2 (N = 69), where no comparable effect was found as a result of moral norms communicated by a higher status outgroup. This indicates that social identity implications rather than interdependence or more generic concerns about social approval or importance of cooperation drive these effects.
这项研究考察了道德价值观如何规范个体群体成员的行为。它认为，群体成员之所以会按照道德群体规范行事，是因为他们预计在践行与群体成员共同持有的道德价值观时会得到群体内的尊重。来自两项实验研究的数据提供了支持证据。在研究 1（N=82）中，基于道德的（而非基于能力的）群体规范决定了低地位群体的成员是否会选择个人还是集体策略来提高地位。这种影响是由预期的群体内尊重介导的，无论群体规范规定的是集体主义还是个人主义行为，这种影响都存在。这些影响在研究 2（N=69）中得到了复制，由于来自高地位的外群体传达的道德规范，没有发现类似的影响。这表明，是社会认同的影响而不是相互依存或更普遍地关注社会认可或合作的重要性推动了这些影响。
