研究以漢語為母語和英語為外語的大學生為對象,采用加工分離范式考察了審慎加工對形成道德判斷外語效應的作用,結果發現:(1)相對于母語語境,外語語境下人們更傾向于結果論道德判斷,表現出顯著的外語效應;(2)相對于母語語境,外語語境削弱了直覺加工的貢獻系數,而增強了審慎加工的貢獻系數。因此,直覺加工被削弱和審慎加工被增強均是導致道德判斷外語效應的重要機制。

The current study recruited participants with Chinese as the native language and English as the foreign language and used the process dissociation procedure to explore whether and how the deliberative process contributes to the moral foreign language effect. It was found that:( 1) participants were more willing to accept the action of causing harm for maximizing overall outcomes( i. e.,utilitarian action in which harming others is acceptable if it increases the wellbeing of a greater number of people) when using a foreign language than when using their native language,showing a clear foreign language effect in moral decision.( 2) Compared with using the native language,using the foreign language to make a moral judgement increased the contribution of deliberative process( i. e.,the utilitarian inclination),and meanwhile decreased the contribution of intuitive process( i. e.,the deontological inclination in which harming others is wrong regardless of its consequences). Therefore,the current study indicated that both the decreased intuitive process and the increased deliberative process can account for the foreign language effect in moral decision.