The Influence Of Higher Vocational College Students’ Conscience On Moral Hypocrisy:the Moderating Role Of Powerand Social Relations

Inrecentyears,thephenomenonofmoralhypocrisyhaswidely appeared inthesocialfield ofvision,causing heated discussions.Psychologists believe thathypocrisy includes two levels.Firstly,personalhypocrisymanifestsinthe "inconsistencyofknowledgeand action" ofdeclaringmoralbehaviortothepublicbutnotfulfillingmoral obligations;Secondly,interpersonalhypocrisyismanifested inthe dualmanifestation of moralstandards that are "stricter than disciplining othersand lenientthan disciplining oneself",thatis,requiring others to fulfillmoralobligations with stricter moral standards compared to oneself.In order to reduce this moral phenomenonandestablishacorrectmoralperspectiveforteenagers,thisstudytakesvocationalcollegestudentsasthetestgroup,starting from traditional Chinesevalues,andexploresthemoralstructurefrom theperspectiveof Chineseculture-theinfluenceofconscienceon moralhypocrisyand itsmechanism ofaction.Secondly,previous studies have found thata sense ofpowerreduces individuals’ emotionalrecognitionofothersandpromotestheoccurrenceofmoral hypocrisy.In addition,socialexclusion in socialrelationswillalso increasethepsychologicaldistancebetweenindividualsandgroups andreduceprosocialbehavior,whilesocialinclusioncanincreaseinter group trust,narrow tieswithothers,and affectmoraljudgments.However,inthefieldofmoralhypocrisy,thereisstillalackofresearch onsocialrelationsandpower.Therefore,furtherexplorationisneeded todeterminewhetherthetwohaveanimpactontherelationship betweenconscienceandmoralhypocrisy.Thisstudyconductedthreestudiesandsixexperiments.Firstly,Study 1 explored the impact of conscience on personaland interpersonalhypocrisythroughtwoparadigmsofdonationandmoral situationaljudgment;Basedontheabovetwoexperiments,Study2 incorporatespowerasapotentialmoderatingvariabletoexplorethe role ofpowerin the relationship between conscience,personal hypocrisy,andinterpersonalhypocrisy.Studythreeisalsobasedon twomoralhypocrisyexperiments,usingthenetworkpassingparadigm tointroducesocialrelationshipsandverifythemoderatingeffectof socialrelationships.Theresearchresultsfoundthat:(1)Conscienceinfluencesmoralhypocrisy.Comparedtothelow consciencegroup,thesubjectsinthehighconsciencegroupshowed less moralhypocrisy.Conscience predicts moralhypocrisy in a negativedirection.(2)Powerplaysamoderatingroleintheinfluenceofconscience onmoralhypocrisy.Senseofpowerandsharedconscienceaffected bymoralhypocrisy,subjectswithhighpowerandlowconscienceare morelikelytoexhibitmoralhypocrisy.(3)Theinfluenceofsocialrelationsregulating conscienceon moralhypocrisy.Socialacceptance has not suppressed moral hypocrisy.Socialexclusionpromotesmoralhypocrisy,andsubjectsin asocialexclusionenvironmentaremorelikelytoengageinmoral hypocrisy.Socialrelationsand conscience jointly influence moral hypocrisy,and subjects with low levels ofsocialexclusion and consciencearemorelikelytoengageinmoralhypocrisy.