Children consider self-interest in their decisions to help and share with victims of a third-party moral transgression

• Main Author: Tan, Wendi Hui Min
• Other Authors: Setoh Pei Pei
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Psychology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/138231
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The present study examined how cost and familiarity interact to influence the helping behaviors of 5- to 6-year-olds (N = 120) in a third-party moral transgression. We also investigated children’s sharing behaviors and moral evaluations towards the transgressor and victim of the transgression. Child...