Shuai Shao- Master of Arts
- PhD Student at University of California, San Diego
Shuai Shao
- Master of Arts
- PhD Student at University of California, San Diego
moral & economic development
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How to distribute resources in a fair way is a fundamental source of conflict in human societies. A central dilemma that people begin to grapple with during childhood is the extent to which individuals should be rewarded based on merit at the expense of equality. The current study examined children’s reasoning about this dilemma by testing whether...
According to moral pluralism theory, people practice moral reasoning based on several fundamental dimensions, including honesty and loyalty. As individuals navigate increasingly complex social worlds over development, they may face the dilemmas where honesty collides with loyalty. In the current study, adolescents (15‐ to 18‐year‐olds, N = 203) in...
Do people believe in historical myths because they are manipulated by coalitional recruiters, or because it is in their interests to do so? The target article gives somewhat conflicting explanations. We propose that the audiences of historical myths are socially rather than epistemically motivated – they believe and propagate historical myths as a...
When people are asked to recommend individuals they care about, they often grapple with conflicts regarding the level of honesty they should maintain when being truthful could potentially hinder those individuals’ chances of receiving beneficial opportunities. In the current study, we examined how adolescents evaluate people based on how they respo...
Background
Certain individual factors are associated with adaptive and effective stress-coping strategies, which can buffer the negative impact of stress on mental and physical health.
Objective
The present study investigated adolescents’ coping responses to a psychosocial stressor with respect to their self-reported attachment relationships, trai...
The present study examined the effects of a new frustration-provoking stressor, the Frustration Social Stressor for Adolescents (FSS-A), on psychological and physiological stress responses, compared to a well-established anxiety-provoking stressor, an adapted version of the Trier Social Stress Test for Teenagers (TSST-T) and a Low-Stress (LS) contr...
Much of what people do is motivated by a concern with social evaluation. We argue that the process of figuring out what others value and making effective use of this information presents significant cognitive challenges. These challenges include reasoning about the relevance of different forms of information and making inferences about the mental l...
In recent years, MOOC has become one of the most popular trends in global education. However, the completion of courses is still a great challenge for MOOCs. Thus, the evaluation of MOOCs is of great importance to online education. The goal of this research is to evaluate the interfaces of localized MOOC on PC platforms, specifically, to explore th...
