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Tytuł:
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The moral barrier effect: Real and imagined barriers can reduce cheating.
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Autorzy:
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Zhao L; Institutes of Psychological Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, 311121 Hangzhou, People's Republic of China; .
Zheng Y; Institutes of Psychological Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, 311121 Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Compton BJ; Department of Psychology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093.
Qin W; Institutes of Psychological Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, 311121 Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Zheng J; Institutes of Psychological Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, 311121 Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Fu G; Institutes of Psychological Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, 311121 Hangzhou, People's Republic of China; .
Lee K; Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5R 2X2, Canada .
Heyman GD; Department of Psychology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093; .
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Źródło:
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America [Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A] 2020 Aug 11; Vol. 117 (32), pp. 19101-19107. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jul 27.
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Typ publikacji:
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Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Język:
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English
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Imprint Name(s):
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Original Publication: Washington, DC : National Academy of Sciences
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MeSH Terms:
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Deception*
Imagination*
Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Morals ; Personality
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Contributed Indexing:
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Keywords: barriers; cheating; moral behavior; nudge; young children
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Entry Date(s):
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Date Created: 20200729 Date Completed: 20200930 Latest Revision: 20210127
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Update Code:
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20240104
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PubMed Central ID:
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PMC7431000
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DOI:
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10.1073/pnas.2002249117
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PMID:
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32719117
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This research presents a nudge-based approach to promoting honest behavior. Specifically, we introduce the moral barrier hypothesis, which posits that moral violations can be inhibited by the introduction of spatial boundaries, including ones that do not physically impede the act of transgressing. We found that, as compared to a no barrier condition, children cheated significantly less often when a barrier was strategically placed to divide the space where children were seated from a place that was associated with cheating. This effect was seen both when the barrier took a physical form and when it was purely symbolic. However, the mere presence of a barrier did not reduce cheating: if it failed to separate children from a space that was associated with cheating, children cheated as much as when there was no barrier at all. Taken together, these findings support the moral barrier hypothesis and show that even seemingly unremarkable features of children's environments can nudge them to act honestly.
Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interest.