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Golden Rule or valence matching? Methodological problems in Hamlin et al.

2012; National Academy of Sciences; Volume: 109; Issue: 22 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1073/pnas.1204123109

1091-6490

Damian Scarf, Kana Imuta, Michael Colombo, Harlene Hayne,

Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

The Golden Rule (1) is commonly articulated as “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” We commonly apply this rule to ourselves and to others. For example, we expect others to act positively toward prosocial individuals and negatively toward antisocial individuals. Hamlin et al. (2) suggested that we begin to form these expectations at just 8 mo of age. They assessed infants’ preferences when a helpful or hindering act was directed toward an individual who previously acted prosocially or antisocially. Surprisingly, 8-mo-old infants applied the Golden Rule, preferring an individual who helped, rather than hindered, a prosocial individual, …