The Interplay of Theory of Mind and Moral Development: Children's and Adults' Attributions of Intent, Praise and Blame, and Deserved Consequences in False Belief Contexts
Abstract:Children’s mentalizing abilities and their moral reasoning both develop rapidly during the preschool years and are jointly critical for navigating our complex social world. As children develop, they place more emphasis on intentions in making moral judgments, yet little research has examined the role of belief understanding in morally-relevant situations. We examined children’s (N = 61), and adults’ (N = 36) judgments of agent intent, deserved consequence, and blame and praise in morally-relevant belief vignet… Show more
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