心真的会“软”吗?软硬感受与语义改变道德判断

A Tender Heart:The Effect of Tough and Tender on Moral Judgment

近年来诸多研究发现,物理变量对心理变量尤其是道德会产生影响,而其机制通常是具身认知与隐喻语言两种。本研究意在通过软硬的具身感受以及软硬的隐喻式意义联系来探讨它对于道德判断的影响。实验一通过操纵被试的软硬身体感受,发现感受到软的被试会比感受到硬的被试更倾向于作出义务论判断。而实验二通过启动被试的软硬语义联接,发现在启动了软的意义之后,对比与启动了硬的意义来说,被试体验到了更少的厌恶情绪,并对同样的道德错误表现得更宽容。这表明软与硬这对物理变量在具身认知与隐喻语言两种机制上都对道德判断起到了影响。

Previous research found that,even the tiny change of external factor could influence moral judgment and moral behavior.The underlying mechanism of the physical-psychological connection is embodied cognition and metaphorical language.Embodied cognition emphasize the body experience and metaphorical language emphasize the representational connection of meaning.Experiment 1 manipulate the body experience of participants and found that,the participants who stand on a tender cushion tend to make deontology judgment.Experiment 2 prime the meaning of tender and tough,found that,participants in the tender priming tend to tolerate moral wrongness,feel less disgust and make less punishment.The results indicate that,tough and tender could influence our moral judgment through embodied cognition and metaphorical language.