Effects Of Moral Emotions On Distribution Behavior Over Unequal Resources Value Among Children Aged From 4 To 6

Distribution behavior demonstrates the degree to which children have adapted themselves to social life and especially the positive effects that altruistic distribution behavior has on their social intercourse.This research collects a sample of 241 children from three kindergartens at random,aging from 4 to 6,and aims to find out the effects of moral emotions on distribution behavior of children aged from 4 to 6 by providing the context of unequal resources value.The first research aims to find out the effects of positive moral emotion on distribution of children aged from 4 to 6,based on their distribution and explanations in the distributive situations of involved or non-involved with unequal resources value.The second research aims to find out the effects of negative moral emotion on distribution of children aged from 4 to 6,based on their distribution and explanations in the distributive situations of involved or non-involved with unequal resources value.The research conclusions are summarized as below:(1)In the distribution process,positive moral emotion can facilitate equal distribution,while negative ones can lead to altruistic or compensational distribution among children aged from 4 to 6.The older the child is,the more likely he is to be influenced by moral emotions.Children aged from 4 to 6 are more likely to be affected by negativemoral emotion,and compared to boys,girls are more prone to negative moral emotion.(2)Compared with uninvolved distribution,children aged from 4 to6 distribute far less high-value stickers to others in the involved distribution process.Under the circumstance,boys distribute the least high-value stickers,which shows self-interested distribution in the most obvious way.(3)In the uninvolved distribution process,when the children are affected by negative moral emotion,they distribute the most high-value stickers,which shows compensational distribution of resources value in the most obvious way.On the basis of all the above findings,some suggestions towards education are as followed:(1)Importance should be attached to moral education among preschool children.(2)It is necessary to reduce self-interested distribution among preschool children under proper guidance.(3)Efforts should be made to inculcate the cognition of value equity among preschool children.