A case of shifting moral standards: how biculturalism shapes morality = 道德標準的改變 : 雙文化背景如何影響道德 ; 道德標準的改變: 雙文化背景如何影響道德 ; CUHK electronic theses & dissertations collection ; case of shifting moral standards: how biculturalism shapes morality = Dao de biao zhun de gai bian : shuang wen hua bei jing ru he ying xiang dao de ; Dao de biao zhun de gai bian: shuang wen hua bei jing ru he ying xiang dao de
Morality has long been thought of as individual, stable and resistant to change. However, recent developments within Cultural Psychology suggest otherwise, by showing that contextual influences may shape people’s judgments. I suggest that culture is one of the most powerful contextual influences because of its long term nature in shaping people’s cognitions, behaviors, perceptions and feelings. Therefore, by combining the theoretical frameworks of the Social Categorization Theory and the Dynamic Constructivist Approach, I conducted three studies to investigate if biculturalism can result in th... Mehr ...
Dokumenttyp: | Text |
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Erscheinungsdatum: | 2015 |
Schlagwörter: | Muslims / Muslims--Netherlands--Ethnic identity / Biculturalism / Biculturalism--Netherlands / Ethnicity--Moral and ethical aspects / DJ92.M86 B47 2015eb |
Sprache: | Englisch Chinese |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26791993 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-1291458 |
Morality has long been thought of as individual, stable and resistant to change. However, recent developments within Cultural Psychology suggest otherwise, by showing that contextual influences may shape people’s judgments. I suggest that culture is one of the most powerful contextual influences because of its long term nature in shaping people’s cognitions, behaviors, perceptions and feelings. Therefore, by combining the theoretical frameworks of the Social Categorization Theory and the Dynamic Constructivist Approach, I conducted three studies to investigate if biculturalism can result in the adherence to two (different) moral frameworks. In study one, I tested this idea by investigating if Dutch Muslims’ identification with the mainstream Dutch culture and their identification with the Muslim culture are differentially related to the moral foundations – Individualizing foundations which are moral norms that protect individuals from harm and unfairness, and binding foundations which protect the integrity of the ingroup. Expected was that the Muslim identity, which is strongly rooted in moral norms, would be positively related to all moral foundations. On the other hand, the Dutch identity was expected to be unrelated to the individualizing foundations and negatively related to the binding foundations, because the Dutch culture is strongly rooted in personal freedom instead of moral norms. In study two, I implemented a frame-switching paradigm by confronting Dutch Muslims with either mainstream Dutch or Muslim cultural icons to see if cultural salience influences their adherence of the moral foundations. Lastly, in study three, I randomly assigned Dutch Muslims to two groups. Both groups were presented with similar stories portraying three moral transgressions of the individualizing foundations and three moral transgressions of the binding foundations. However, in one group the transgressors had typical Dutch names, while in the other group the transgressors had typical Muslim names. Expected was that a ...