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Title: The Foreign Language Effect on Moral Judgement: Insights from the Self-Other Moral Bias
Language: English
Authors: Lu Jiao, Xiaohan Wang, Kalinka Timmer, Cong Liu
Source: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. 2025 28(4):495-506.
Availability: Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 12
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Chinese, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Ethics, Decision Making, Emotional Response, Priming, College Students, Association (Psychology)
Geographic Terms: China
DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2024.2445260
ISSN: 1367-0050
1747-7522
Abstract: The moral foreign-language effect (MFLE) suggests biases present when making moral decisions in the native language are not present in the foreign language. However, the literature using explicit dilemmas shows inconsistent findings. The present study investigates whether MFLE has its origin in the reduced emotion hypothesis. Instead of the typically employed explicit paradigms, we utilize an implicit paradigm, avoiding conscious processing. Chinese--English bilinguals completed an implicit association test (Experiment 1) and an evaluative priming task (Experiment 2) in their native (L1: Chinese) and second language (L2: English). Both experiments found consistent evidence that the self--other moral bias was only observed in the native language. Therefore, we propose that the MFLE has its origin during the automatic associative stage. It results from the reduced emotional reaction in a foreign compared to the native language.
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