Jin Wen Ying, Peng Ming
School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China.
Key Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior, Ministry of Education, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China.
Front Psychol. 2021 Mar 23;11:557216. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.557216. eCollection 2020.
When people express a moral judgment, others make inferences about their personality, such as whether they are warm or competent. People may use this interpersonal process to present themselves in a way that is socially acceptable in the current circumstances. Across four studies, we investigated this hypothesis in Chinese culture and showed that college student participants tended to associate others' deontological moral judgments with warmth and utilitarian moral judgments with competence (Study 1, = 21.1, SD = 2.45; Study 2, = 20.53, SD = 1.87). In addition, participants made more deontological judgments after preparing to be interviewed for a job requiring them to be in a warm social role, and more utilitarian judgments after preparing for a job requiring them to be in a competent social role (Study 3, = 19.5, SD = 1.63). This effect held true in moral dilemmas involving different degrees of hypothetical personal involvement, and appeared to be mediated by the perception of others' expectations (Study 4, = 19.92, SD = 1.97). The results suggest an important role for social cognition as an influence on moral judgments in Chinese culture.
当人们表达道德判断时，其他人会对他们的性格做出推断，比如他们是热情还是有能力。人们可能会利用这种人际过程以一种在当前情况下社会可接受的方式展现自己。在四项研究中，我们在中国文化背景下对这一假设进行了调查，结果表明大学生参与者倾向于将他人的道义论道德判断与热情联系起来，将功利主义道德判断与能力联系起来（研究1，M = 21.1，标准差 = 2.45；研究2，M = 20.53，标准差 = 1.87）。此外，参与者在准备接受一份要求他们扮演热情社会角色的工作面试后，会做出更多的道义论判断；而在准备一份要求他们扮演有能力社会角色的工作后，会做出更多的功利主义判断（研究3，M = 19.5，标准差 = 1.63）。这种效应在涉及不同程度假设个人参与的道德困境中都成立，并且似乎是由对他人期望的感知所介导的（研究4，M = 19.92，标准差 = 1.97）。研究结果表明，社会认知在中国文化中对道德判断有着重要影响。
