outcomes when making promise judgments. This result indicates that older subjects could be recruited in future research in order to more clearly elucidate a developmental pattern of children‘s concepts of promise.
Secondly, in the current study, we only examined the promisee‘s social status as a factor affecting children‘s concepts of promise. However, social status is just one of many social variables discussed in the literature. Future research might take other social factors such as familiarity and social setting into consideration.
Thirdly, in interpreting the findings, we found that our children seemed to naturally break down promises into three different types: a real promise (fulfilled promise), a half promise (uncertain promise), and a broken promise (unfulfilled promise). Therefore, the specific boundaries of these promise types are worth exploring.
Last but not least, in our experimental scenarios, all of the promising events were designed in consideration of children‘s ability of accomplishment, hence rendering a lack of importance to make a serious promise. Thus, in future research, the effect of severity on making a promise could be examined.
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OMPREHENSIONT
ASKS1 明天是校長生日，老師想做
一張卡片給校長，但教室裡 沒有彩色紙了，所以老師要 元元去辦公室幫她拿，可是 元元正在掃地，他跟老師
說：「好，我掃完地會去幫你
拿彩色紙。」
後來，元元掃完地就去幫老 師拿紙了。
2 今天天氣好熱，弟弟想吃
冰，就跟元元說放學的時候 在校門口等他，一起去吃
冰，元元說：「好，等一下。」
放學以後，元元就帶弟弟一 起去吃冰了。
3 妹妹最喜歡海綿寶寶了，今
天妹妹想跟元元一起看卡 通，元元正在廚房幫媽媽，
雖然元元不想看海綿寶寶，
但他還是說：「好，等一下。」
後來，元元幫完媽媽就跟妹 妹一起看卡通了。
4 教室裡有好多垃圾，老師叫 元元幫忙把垃圾拿出去，可 是元元正在擦黑板，雖然元 元不想拿髒髒的垃圾，但他
還是跟老師說：「好，等一
下。」
後來元元擦完黑板沒有去幫 老師丟垃圾。
5 教室裡的花太久沒有澆水，
都快要死掉了，所以老師請 元元幫她澆花，元元正在寫 作業，雖然元元不想去幫老
師澆花，但他還是說：「好，
我寫完以後會去幫你澆花。」
後來，元元寫完就去幫老師 澆花了。
6 弟弟在玩積木，他想蓋一個
大城堡，可是他不會蓋，所 以他請元元幫他，元元正在
看書，元元說：「好，我看完
書就去幫你蓋城堡。」
後來，元元看完書沒有去幫 弟弟蓋城堡。
7 校長的眼鏡不見了，沒有眼 鏡校長什麼都看不到，所以 校長請元元幫他找眼鏡，元 元正在吃飯，雖然元元不想 幫校長找，但他還是說：
「好，我吃完會去幫你找眼 鏡。」
後來，元元吃完飯沒有去幫 校長找眼鏡。
8 妹妹不會騎腳踏車，她想請
元元教她騎，元元正在整理 房間，雖然元元不想教妹妹 騎腳踏車，但他還是說：
「好，我等一下會去公園教 你騎腳踏車。」
後來，元元整理完房間就帶 妹妹去騎腳踏車了。
9 早上校長想看報紙，所以他
請元元幫拿報紙到校長室，
但是元元還在吃早餐，他
說：「好，我吃完會去幫你拿
報紙。」
後來，元元吃完早餐沒有去 幫校長拿報紙。
10 弟弟不會畫畫，想要請元元 教他，但是元元要先寫完功
課，元元說：「好，我寫完功
課以後會教你畫畫。」
後來，元元寫完功課就教弟 弟畫畫。
11 校長的鑰匙不見了，他找了
好久都找不到，所以叫元元 幫忙他找鑰匙，但是元元正
在擦窗戶，他說：「好，等一
下。」
後來元元擦完窗戶沒有去幫 校長找鑰匙。
12 今天的功課好難，妹妹都不
會寫，所以請元元教她寫功 課，但是元元想先寫完自己 的功課再教妹妹寫功課，元
元說：「好，等一下。」
元元寫完以後沒有教妹妹寫 功課。
13 今天是星期天，弟弟想去游 泳，就找元元一起去，元元 正在整理書包，雖然元元不 想去游泳，但他還是說：
「好，等一下。」
後來，元元整理完書包沒有 跟弟弟一起去游泳。
14 學校裡養了很多魚，今天校
長叫元元去幫忙餵魚，元元 正在畫畫，雖然元元不想去 餵魚，但他還是跟校長說：
「好，等一下。」
後來，元元畫完就去幫校長 餵魚了。
15 妹妹想到學校附近的新公園
去玩，可是她不知道怎麼 去，膽小的妹妹最怕迷路 了，所以請元元放學帶她 去，雖然元元不想去公園，
但他還是說：「好，我放學以
後會帶你去公園玩。」
元元放學以後，沒有帶妹妹 去公園玩。
16 老師在做教室佈置，她請元 元幫忙畫畫，但是元元正在 寫功課，他想先把功課寫
完，他說：「好，等一下。」
後來，元元寫完功課就去幫 老師畫畫了。