The happy victimizer phenomenon: Thinking or knowledge
Апстракт
The attribution of emotions to transgressors has received considerable
attention of researchers since the end of the1980s. A common research finding
in the Western countries (the USA, Germany, and Portugal) is that children
younger than 8 years attribute positive emotions to transgressors (which is
called “the happy victimizer phenomenon”, HVP). On the other hand, a research
study conducted in Belgrade, Serbia, did not find the HVP even among
5-year-old children. It was established that children from Belgrade focused
more on the moral side of the transgression than on the instrumental side
(i.e. the things that the transgressor achieved by the transgression). The
goal of our research was to evaluate whether Serbian children actually reason
in this way or simply repeat what they have learned. In order to verify this
hypothesis, Piaget’s method of “a pair of stories” (instead of presenting the
stories one by one) was used in two studies. In the first study, the degree
of inj...ury inflicted to the other child was varied (as one aspect of the moral
side of the transgression). In the second study, the type of intention (good
or bad) was varied (as another aspect of the moral side of the
transgression). In both studies, the sample consisted of 40 children, with
two age groups (5- and 7-year-old children) that included 20 children each
(10 boys and 10 girls). The conclusion of both studies was that subjects
attributed negative emotions to transgressors in accordance with the moral
instead of instrumental understanding of the transgression. These findings
imply that children’s responses do not represent moral knowledge, but reflect
authentic moral reasoning.
Извор:
Zbornik Instituta za pedagoška istraživanja, 2015, 47, 2, 269-284Издавач:
- Institut za pedagoška istraživanja, Beograd
Институција/група
Psihologija / PsychologyTY - JOUR AU - Simunović, Vojin AU - Đurović, Aleksandra AU - Mirić, Jovan PY - 2015 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2064 AB - The attribution of emotions to transgressors has received considerable attention of researchers since the end of the1980s. A common research finding in the Western countries (the USA, Germany, and Portugal) is that children younger than 8 years attribute positive emotions to transgressors (which is called “the happy victimizer phenomenon”, HVP). On the other hand, a research study conducted in Belgrade, Serbia, did not find the HVP even among 5-year-old children. It was established that children from Belgrade focused more on the moral side of the transgression than on the instrumental side (i.e. the things that the transgressor achieved by the transgression). The goal of our research was to evaluate whether Serbian children actually reason in this way or simply repeat what they have learned. In order to verify this hypothesis, Piaget’s method of “a pair of stories” (instead of presenting the stories one by one) was used in two studies. In the first study, the degree of injury inflicted to the other child was varied (as one aspect of the moral side of the transgression). In the second study, the type of intention (good or bad) was varied (as another aspect of the moral side of the transgression). In both studies, the sample consisted of 40 children, with two age groups (5- and 7-year-old children) that included 20 children each (10 boys and 10 girls). The conclusion of both studies was that subjects attributed negative emotions to transgressors in accordance with the moral instead of instrumental understanding of the transgression. These findings imply that children’s responses do not represent moral knowledge, but reflect authentic moral reasoning. PB - Institut za pedagoška istraživanja, Beograd T2 - Zbornik Instituta za pedagoška istraživanja T1 - The happy victimizer phenomenon: Thinking or knowledge EP - 284 IS - 2 SP - 269 VL - 47 DO - 10.2298/ZIPI1502269S ER -
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Simunović, V., Đurović, A.,& Mirić, J.. (2015). The happy victimizer phenomenon: Thinking or knowledge. in Zbornik Instituta za pedagoška istraživanja Institut za pedagoška istraživanja, Beograd., 47(2), 269-284. https://doi.org/10.2298/ZIPI1502269S
Simunović V, Đurović A, Mirić J. The happy victimizer phenomenon: Thinking or knowledge. in Zbornik Instituta za pedagoška istraživanja. 2015;47(2):269-284. doi:10.2298/ZIPI1502269S .
Simunović, Vojin, Đurović, Aleksandra, Mirić, Jovan, "The happy victimizer phenomenon: Thinking or knowledge" in Zbornik Instituta za pedagoška istraživanja, 47, no. 2 (2015):269-284, https://doi.org/10.2298/ZIPI1502269S . .