Comparative Research On Moral Consciousness And Perception Of Group Norms Affecting Individual Behavior Between Japanese And Chinese College Students

Everyone in life belongs to a particular group (such as family, school,corporation). Researches show that ma ny people have to obey the unspoken rules ingroups which even the unspoken rules are contrary to mora lity because they overconcernabout other people.In the life of public, the college students who have different mora l consciousnessand different understa nding of group norms ma y over-concern or low-concern theantipathy of around people and the cause of such problems are the hot issues in thearea of socia l psychology.The purpose of this study is to observe and analyze whether the individ ual'snorm awareness is rela ted to the fear of the offensive ness from the other people in thegroup which lead from the individ ual who deviate the norms when the individ ualencounters the behavior which is contrary to mora lity in a group.Therefore, this study has compared the differences and similarities between thecollege students in China and Japan. Specifica lly, according to the Sino-JapaneseCultural Differences, the researcher has prepared different questionnaires on thestudents'consciousness of the group norms.Using the questionnaires to investigate how the different mora l consciousnessand different cognition influence individ ual's behavior in the large group and thesma ll group. The results show that:First, in large groups , there is a tendency that mora l consciousness and mora lbehavior are separated in Chinese students and no such phenomenon in Japan. But theJapanese students are more serious for fear of the antipathy from people around them.Second, in sma ll groups , individ ual's psychological factors likely contribute tosome unethical behavior within the group. These tendenc ies in the Chinese andJapanese college students are all reflected in varying degrees .Third, the Chinese and Japanese students who have high level of mora lconsciousness tend to exaggerate the antipathy from the people who have low level ofmora l consciousness. The fear of antipathy impacts them to correct some of the lowerof unethical behaviors.Based on the studies , this paper also discusses that how to strengthen mora l education and other issues in the two different cultures.