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Li, Pearl Han; Harris, Paul L.; Koenig, Melissa A. – Developmental Psychology, 2019
What does it take know a moral truth or principle? Although testimony is an undisputed source of empirical knowledge of contingent facts, it is less clear whether it is possible to acquire "second-hand moral knowledge" (Jones, 1999; Wolff, 1998). In the present studies, 3- to 5-year-old Chinese (N = 124) and U.S. American (N = 90)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Cultural Differences, Decision Making
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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)