ISSN : 1229-0718
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of positive feedback on honesty behavior and its maintenance in children. The number of subjects was 81 second grade pupils(37 males, 44 females) and 83 sixth grade pupils(44 males, 30 females). The subjects were randomly assigned to experimental condition. The experiments were made twice. In the first experiment, we tested the moral judgement of subjects. After 3 days, the subjects got positive feedback without having relation to the tested results. And the lst honesty behavior experiment was made. After 2 weeks, for the purpose of investigating the maintenance of feedback, the 2nd honesty behavior experiment wad made. As a result of it, in lst honesty behavior experiment, positive effects wasn`t taken. But in 2nd experiment, the effect appeared. That is, children in feedback condition behaved more honestly than children in no feedback condition. It means that the positive feedback takes positive effect on children.