@article{ref1,
title="Who is to blame? Children's and adults' moral judgments regarding victim and transgressor negligence",
journal="Cognitive science",
year="2020",
author="Mulvey, Kelly Lynn and Gönültaş, Seçil and Richardson, Cameron B.",
volume="44",
number="4",
pages="e12833-e12833",
abstract="Research has documented that individuals consider outcomes, intentions, and transgressor negligence when making morally relevant judgments (Nobes, Panagiotaki, & Engelhardt, 2017). However, less is known about whether individuals attend to both victim and transgressor negligence in their evaluations. The current study measured 3- to 6-year-olds (N = 70), 7- to 12-year-olds (N = 54), and adults' (N = 97, ages 18-25 years) moral judgments about scenarios in which an accidental transgression occurred involving property damage or physical harm. Participants were either assigned to conditions where the victim or the transgressor was negligent. <br><br>RESULTS revealed attention to negligence among all participants across a range of different moral judgment measures (including acceptability judgments, punishment judgments, and attributions of blame), with age-related increases in attention to negligence evident. <br><br>RESULTS provide novel evidence that children and adults consider not just outcomes and intentions, but also the role of negligence in both victims and transgressors, when making social decisions.<br><br>© 2020 Cognitive Science Society, Inc.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0364-0213",
doi="10.1111/cogs.12833",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cogs.12833"
}