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Verbal Deception from Late Childhood to Middle Adolescence and Its Relation to Executive Functioning Skills
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Evans, Angela D.; Lee, Kang – Developmental Psychology, 2011
The present investigation examined 8- to 16-year-olds' tendency to lie, the sophistication of their lies, and related cognitive factors. Participants were left alone and asked not to look at the answers to a test, but the majority peeked. The researcher then asked a series of questions to examine whether the participants would lie about their…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Investigations, Ethics, Cognitive Processes
Children's Moral Evaluations of Reporting the Transgressions of Peers: Age Differences in Evaluations of Tattling
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Loke, Ivy Chiu; Heyman, Gail D.; Forgie, Julia; McCarthy, Anjanie; Lee, Kang – Developmental Psychology, 2011
The way children evaluate the reporting of peers' transgressions to authority figures was investigated. Participants, ages 6-11 years (N = 60), were presented with a series of vignettes, each of which depicted a child who committed either a minor transgression (such as not finishing the vegetables at lunch) or a more serious transgression (such as…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Moral Values, Investigations, Children