Fengling Ma
Biographic Data
| ID | 4460054 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fengling Ma |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fengling |
| FAMILY NAME | Ma |
| SIGNATURE | MA F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hangzhou Normal University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9018-2810 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Guilt motivates prosocial lying in preschoolers
124, 62 girls, 62 boys) compared the effect of guilt induction on prosocial lying toward a victim versus a bystander. Whereas guilt increased polite and helping lies to benefit a victim (replicating Study 1), guilt only increased polite, but not helping lies, directed at a bystander. These findings suggest that guilt induction increased the likelihood of prosocial lying in preschoolers, but its motivational influence varied by social context. (Ps…
Moral pride promotes honesty in preschoolers
The present study investigated the role of pride in promoting honesty among children aged 3-6. Children ( N = 247; 125 boys, 122 girls; middle-income Chinese families) participated in a temptation resistance paradigm, instructing them not to peek at a toy when unsupervised. Subsequently, children were randomly assigned to one of four experimental conditions: a moral pride condition, induced through a compliance task; a nonmoral pride condition, i…
Why did she do that
The current study addressed the extent to which Chinese children rely on situational characteristics to reason about the causes of valenced behavior (i.e., positive or negative). Specifically, one hundred fifteen 4‐ to 7‐year‐olds from Hangzhou, China, were asked to attribute a character's behavior toward a peer to either that character's traits (e.g., “nice”) or the situation (e.g., being tired and being happy). Across ages, children made trait …
Guilt promotes honesty in preschoolers
The current study examined the influence of guilt on young children's honesty about their transgression. Children (N = 192; 4-6 years of age; 49.5% male, 50.5% female; middle-income Chinese families) participated in a modified temptation resistance paradigm where they were asked not to peek at a toy in the absence of an experimenter. Next, the children were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 conditions: (a) guilt condition, where children were induced w…
Modesty can promote trust
When people let others know about their accomplishments, they can improve their social standing, but doing so may also have a cost, especially within social environments in which there is great emphasis on the value of modesty. One particular downside of self‐promotion, the risk of being seen as untrustworthy, was examined among children in China. Across three studies, children ranging in age from 7 to 11 years (total N = 251) judged the trustwor…
Why did she do that
The current study addressed the extent to which Chinese children rely on situational characteristics to reason about the causes of valenced behavior (i.e., positive or negative). Specifically, one hundred fifteen 4‐ to 7‐year‐olds from Hangzhou, China, were asked to attribute a character's behavior toward a peer to either that character's traits (e.g., “nice”) or the situation (e.g., being tired and being happy). Across ages, children made trait …
Modesty can promote trust
When people let others know about their accomplishments, they can improve their social standing, but doing so may also have a cost, especially within social environments in which there is great emphasis on the value of modesty. One particular downside of self‐promotion, the risk of being seen as untrustworthy, was examined among children in China. Across three studies, children ranging in age from 7 to 11 years (total N = 251) judged the trustwor…
Modesty can promote trust
When people let others know about their accomplishments, they can improve their social standing, but doing so may also have a cost, especially within social environments in which there is great emphasis on the value of modesty. One particular downside of self‐promotion, the risk of being seen as untrustworthy, was examined among children in China. Across three studies, children ranging in age from 7 to 11 years (total N = 251) judged the trustwor…
Guilt promotes honesty in preschoolers
The current study examined the influence of guilt on young children's honesty about their transgression. Children (N = 192; 4-6 years of age; 49.5% male, 50.5% female; middle-income Chinese families) participated in a modified temptation resistance paradigm where they were asked not to peek at a toy in the absence of an experimenter. Next, the children were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 conditions: (a) guilt condition, where children were induced w…
Why did she do that
The current study addressed the extent to which Chinese children rely on situational characteristics to reason about the causes of valenced behavior (i.e., positive or negative). Specifically, one hundred fifteen 4‐ to 7‐year‐olds from Hangzhou, China, were asked to attribute a character's behavior toward a peer to either that character's traits (e.g., “nice”) or the situation (e.g., being tired and being happy). Across ages, children made trait …
Moral pride promotes honesty in preschoolers
The present study investigated the role of pride in promoting honesty among children aged 3-6. Children ( N = 247; 125 boys, 122 girls; middle-income Chinese families) participated in a temptation resistance paradigm, instructing them not to peek at a toy when unsupervised. Subsequently, children were randomly assigned to one of four experimental conditions: a moral pride condition, induced through a compliance task; a nonmoral pride condition, i…
Guilt motivates prosocial lying in preschoolers
124, 62 girls, 62 boys) compared the effect of guilt induction on prosocial lying toward a victim versus a bystander. Whereas guilt increased polite and helping lies to benefit a victim (replicating Study 1), guilt only increased polite, but not helping lies, directed at a bystander. These findings suggest that guilt induction increased the likelihood of prosocial lying in preschoolers, but its motivational influence varied by social context. (Ps…
Emotions and Moral Behavior (4 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Child and Animal Learning Development (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Dishonesty (2 works) · Honesty (2 works) · Lying (2 works) · Temptation (2 works)