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Heyman, Gail D.; Sweet, Monica A.; Lee, Kang – Social Development, 2009
Children's reasoning about lying and truth-telling was examined among participants ages 7-11 (total N = 181) with reference to conflicts between being honest and protecting the feelings of others. In Study 1, participants showed different patterns of evaluation and motivational inference in politeness contexts vs. transgression contexts: in…
Descriptors: Children, Child Development, Motivation, Prosocial Behavior
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Heyman, Gail D.; Fu, Genyue; Lee, Kang – Child Development, 2007
The way in which children evaluate people's claims about their own psychological characteristics was examined. Among children ages 6-11 from the United States and China (total N = 243), there was an age-related increase in skepticism about self-report concerning the highly value-laden characteristics "honest", "smart", and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Psychological Characteristics, Self Disclosure (Individuals)
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Gee, Caroline L.; Heyman, Gail D. – Social Development, 2007
Children's evaluations of what people communicate about themselves were examined in three studies with a total of 296 participants (aged four to 12). Participants heard scenarios in which characters' motivations to reveal truthful information were systematically manipulated to examine (1) children's understanding that people do not always reveal…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Cues, Preschool Children, Evaluative Thinking