Can Classic Moral Stories Promote Honesty in Children? [pdf]
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Re: Can Classic Moral Stories Promote Honesty in Children? [pdf]
#2Actual paper is unfortunately paywalled, which certainly does not promote academic honesty.
Re: Can Classic Moral Stories Promote Honesty in Children? [pdf]
#3tl;dr:
Stories focusing on the positive aspects: Good. -->
i.e. George Washington and the Cherry Tree
Stories focusing on the negative consequences: BAD. (Pinocchio, The Boy Who Cried Wolf)
Re: Can Classic Moral Stories Promote Honesty in Children? [pdf]
#4You can read the full paper here: http://www.kangleelab.com/articles/Psychological%20Science%2... (thanks Google Scholar!)
Re: Can Classic Moral Stories Promote Honesty in Children? [pdf]
#5tl;dr: Stories focusing on the positive aspects: Good. --> i.e. George Washington and the Cherry Tree Stories focusing on the negative consequences: BAD. ( Pinocchio , The Boy Who Cried Wolf )
Strange. I find the boy who cried wolf to be a really good one. It's still something I think of from time to time. I doesn't stop me telling the odd lie but if/when I consider a big lie I definitely consider the consequences based on that story.
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#6tl;dr: Stories focusing on the positive aspects: Good. --> i.e. George Washington and the Cherry Tree Stories focusing on the negative consequences: BAD. ( Pinocchio , The Boy Who Cried Wolf )
Re Stories focusing on the positive aspects
It reminds me of this article/discussion: "Fighting in front of your children - not such a bad thing?". The positive aspect is giving the whole picture of the drama, showing that things, sometimes, can be solved in a peaceful/negotiated way.
[1] http://www.parentdish.co.uk/kids/fighting-in-front-of-your-c...
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#7You can read the full paper here: http://www.kangleelab.com/articles/Psychological%20Science%2... (thanks Google Scholar!)
Thanks! We've changed the url to this from http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/06/11/095679761453..., which just had the abstract (which is found at the start of the paper).
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#8tl;dr: Stories focusing on the positive aspects: Good. --> i.e. George Washington and the Cherry Tree Stories focusing on the negative consequences: BAD. ( Pinocchio , The Boy Who Cried Wolf )
Strange. I find the boy who cried wolf to be a really good one. It's still something I think of from time to time. I doesn't stop me telling the odd lie but if/when I consider a big lie I definitely consider the consequences based on that story.
I suspect that the age of the children has a big impact on the results. The study was of 3-7 year olds. If you remember it well then you were at the upper end of that range, if not older.
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#9Years ago, I read study about reducing corruption/abuse in police departments. It suggested that programs designed to promote a professional identity was more effective than more weight/manpower behind internal affairs.
Maybe for most humans a positive ideal to strive for is better than the threat of punishment.
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#10IF anyone ever watched the office their was an episode where Dwight read "cautionary tales..." (2.18) but he read from a book that I always thought was fake.