The effect of transgressor's and victim's sex on children's punish-help judgments

Children's beliefs about punishment.

“…Children were interviewed individually at school by trained graduate social work students using an instrument developed by the author. In a procedure similar to that used by other researchers, 1, 4, 6, 7 participants were presented with four vignettes depicting a same-sex peer misbehaving (disobeying a parent and losing a possession [Lost Pen], taking money from a parent [Stole Money], hitting a same-sex younger sibling [Hit Sibling], and physically fighting with a peer [Broke Glasses]). Children were first asked how serious they considered the misbehavior to be: hardly at all; kind of bad; very bad.…”