The Influence Of Differential Of Interpersonal Relationships On Middle School Students’ Moral Judgment

The pattern of difference sequence is considered as one of the most representative concept that to describe Chinese macro social structure and microscopic relationships. It is also one of the most dynamic native concept which is a key to know traditional Chinese cultural psychology.The current study comprehensively reviewed the general research status of the differential of interpersonal relationship. In addition, we also explored the relationship between the differential of interpersonal relationship and moral judgments under the Chinese traditional cultural background. On this basis, we discussed this relation from two ways (Closeness and hierarchy). We conducted two studies in a middle school in Changsha City, each study was consisted of two subsidiary experiments. One is based on Hill & Lapsley (2009), Meier & Sellbom & Wygant (2007)’s research paradigm that recorded the participants reactions to the sentence about moral personality which paired together the name of our relationships and adjective about moral. The other is to study the effects of different relationships on the students moral judgment in moral dilemma.The results showed that:1.There were significant difference between the middle school students’ scores of the expression, which described moral trait about different intimate relationships. The more intimate relationships are, participants tended to adopt the more positive judgment. However, there were no significant difference on the reaction time of positive moral sentence, and the negative moral sentence is reversed.2.The intimate relationships were have significant effect on middle school students’ judgment in moral dilemma. Middle school students’ choices of "Save" or "No Save" were presented the trend to protect the most close people.3.There were significant difference between the middle school students’ scores of the expression, which described moral trait about different hierarchy relationships, and showed a trend that "the high level, the more positive judgment". But were no significant difference on the reaction time.4.The hierarchy relationships were have no significant effect on middle school students’ judgment in moral dilemma. And the same level with themselves were have more protections.