ABSTRACT

Turkish university students who had learned English via classroom instruction read six ethical dilemmas (three in English, three in Turkish) while skin conductance was recorded. Ratings of agreement with selfish actions were higher in the foreign language; agreement with ethical actions were higher in the native language. The skin conductance responses (SCRs) elicited by selfish statements were stronger than SCRs elicited by ethical statements, consistent with feeling anxious at violating ethical norms. The difference between SCR magnitudes for the selfish and ethical statements was smaller in the foreign language condition, consistent with somatic markers guiding action choices. In addition, SCRs were overall larger in the foreign language, suggesting an effort/stress response which swamped or obscured emotional signals elicited by the ethical vs. selfish content. Results indicate a role for dampening of the emotional contribution in foreign language decision making, due to the cognitive load and stress of reading/evaluating foreign language dilemmas.

摘要

通过课堂教学学习英语的土耳其大学生阅读了六个道德困境（三个用英语，三个用土耳其语），同时记录了皮肤电导。外语中对自私行为的同意率更高；母语中对道德行为的认同度更高。自私言论引发的皮肤电导反应 (SCRs) 比道德言论引发的 SCRs 更强，这与违反道德规范时感到焦虑一致。在外语条件下，自私和道德陈述的 SCR 量级之间的差异较小，与指导行动选择的躯体标记一致。此外，外语中的 SCR 总体上更大，这表明努力/压力反应淹没或掩盖了由伦理与道德引发的情绪信号。自私的内容。结果表明，由于阅读/评估外语困境的认知负荷和压力，抑制了外语决策中的情感贡献。