The Influence Of Peer Reputation On The Distributive Justice Of Rewards And Punishments For 4-to-6-year-old Children

Distributive justice of rewards and punishments,as the part of children?s distributive justice to children,is of great significance to the social development of children.In this study,233 children aged 4-to-6-year-old are randomly selected from three kindergartens as experimental subjects,with the paradigm of the third-party task allocation.Based on the behaviors and judgement of fair distribution,it is explored that for4-to-6-year-old students,what characteristics of preference for good reputation in distributive justice of rewards and punishments are,what features of distributive justice of rewards and punishments are,and what the influence mechanism of peer reputation is.In the first study,the development characteristics of fair behaviors of rewards and punishments and preference for 4-to-6-year-old children's good reputation in it,and peer reputation are researched from these two aspects where the behaviors of recipients respectively are in the same and different degrees.In the second study,the development characteristics of fair judgement of rewards and punishments and preference for 4-to-6-year-old children's good reputation in it,and peer reputation are researched from these two aspects where the behaviors of recipients respectively are in the same and different degrees.It is proved by studies as follows.(1)There is preference for good reputation in the distributive justice of rewards and punishments for 4-to-6-year-old children.The preferencefor good reputation of children at the age of 5 and 6 is more significant than that of 4-year-old children while that of 5-year-old children is consistent with that of 6-year-old children.For 4-to-6-year-old children,the preference for good reputation in distributive justice of rewards is more significant than that in distributive justice of punishments.(2)Children aged 5 and 6 years old have stronger ability of distributive justice of rewards and punishments than children aged 4 years old while that of children aged 5 and 6 years old tend to be similar.(3)Children aged 4-to-6 years old have the fairest behavior in the passive behaviors of punishing tasks while can make the fairest judgment in the positive behaviors of rewarding tasks.(4)In different types of tasks,affected by preference for the peer reputation,4-to-6-year-old children can make more correct fair judgment of rewards and punishments in the situation where the reputation of the recipient is consistent with the degree of behaviors,compared with the situation where these two conflict.(5)The peer reputation has an impact on the distributive justice of rewards and punishments for children aged 5 and 6 years old.For children aged 5 and 6 years old,priority is given to the reputation of the recipients in the distributive justice of rewards and punishments.(6)When the behaviors of recipients is in the same degrees,the distributive justice of rewards and punishments for 4-to-6-year-oldchildren are consistent while they are inconsistent when those in the different degrees.Based on the above results by studies,the suggestions on education are proposed,including:(1)focusing on the development of young children?s prosocial behaviors;(2)creating a fair and just atmosphere for children?s growth;(3)improving children?s abilities of justice judgment;(4)children are provided with various measures of rewards and punishments.