Preschoolers’ Judgment of Cultural Norm Breakers

How does a violation of cultural customs, whether by a native or a foreigner, affect preschoolers’ subsequent trust in that individual as a source of cultural information?

Summary: Preschoolers seem to fail to excuse others for norm-breaking, even when acceptable reasons exist, until they develop reflective capacity. This phenomenon is expected to generalize to scenarios where children have the opportunity to learn about their own or a foreign culture from native and foreign individuals whom they observe breaking cultural norms for different reasons. Specifically, a native person breaks the norm as a personal preference (an unacceptable reason), while a foreign person does so as a consequence of their foreign culture (an acceptable reason).

Lead Researcher: Ezgi Özgan

Research Assistants: Aybike Orozobayev, Cennet Yaren Kılıçarslan, Defne Atak, Elif Sena Güler, Uraz Portakal, Aslıhan Yavuz, Burcu Okyay

Preschoolers’ Judgment of Cultural Norm Breakers

How does a violation of cultural customs, whether by a native or a foreigner, affect preschoolers’ subsequent trust in that individual as a source of cultural information?

Summary: Preschoolers seem to fail to excuse others for norm-breaking, even when acceptable reasons exist, until they develop reflective capacity. This phenomenon is expected to generalize to scenarios where children have the opportunity to learn about their own or a foreign culture from native and foreign individuals whom they observe breaking cultural norms for different reasons. Specifically, a native person breaks the norm as a personal preference (an unacceptable reason), while a foreign person does so as a consequence of their foreign culture (an acceptable reason).

Lead Researcher: Yağmur Esendemir

Research Assistants: Aslıhan Yavuz, Burcu Okyay, Ariana Baigi Ghavam, İpar Kızartıcı, Ümit Can Erbudak, Vildan Kahveci, Yunus Arda Garip, İkra Aybüke Ertekin

Preschoolers’ Judgment of Cultural Norm Breakers

How does a violation of cultural customs, whether by a native or a foreigner, affect preschoolers’ subsequent trust in that individual as a source of cultural information?

Summary: Preschoolers seem to fail to excuse others for norm-breaking, even when acceptable reasons exist, until they develop reflective capacity. This phenomenon is expected to generalize to scenarios where children have the opportunity to learn about their own or a foreign culture from native and foreign individuals whom they observe breaking cultural norms for different reasons. Specifically, a native person breaks the norm as a personal preference (an unacceptable reason), while a foreign person does so as a consequence of their foreign culture (an acceptable reason).

Lead Researcher: Hasan Deniz Baran

Research Assistants: Aybike Orozobayev, Cennet Yaren Kılıçarslan, Defne Atak, Elif Sena Güler, Uraz Portakal, Aslıhan Yavuz, Burcu Okyay

Preschoolers’ Judgment of Cultural Norm Breakers

How does a violation of cultural customs, whether by a native or a foreigner, affect preschoolers’ subsequent trust in that individual as a source of cultural information?

Summary: Preschoolers seem to fail to excuse others for norm-breaking, even when acceptable reasons exist, until they develop reflective capacity. This phenomenon is expected to generalize to scenarios where children have the opportunity to learn about their own or a foreign culture from native and foreign individuals whom they observe breaking cultural norms for different reasons. Specifically, a native person breaks the norm as a personal preference (an unacceptable reason), while a foreign person does so as a consequence of their foreign culture (an acceptable reason).

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