Is helping always morally good? Study with toddlers and preschool children.
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DOI: 10.1037/dev0001521
Abstract: Young children from a very early age not only prefer those who help others but also those who engage in altruistic helping. This study aims to test how children assess helping when the goal of… read more here.
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Social transmission favours the ‘morally good’ over the ‘merely arousing’
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DOI: 10.1057/s41599-019-0269-y
Abstract: Moral stories are pervasive in human culture, forming the basis of religious texts, folklore, and newspaper articles. We used a linear transmission chain procedure to test three competing hypotheses: (1) that moral content in general… read more here.
Keywords: bad content; transmission; content; moral content ... See more keywords