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Peer reviewedJohnson, Edward A. – Child Development, 1997
Used stories involving self-deception, lying, and misleading appearances to examine 4- to 9-year olds' understanding of the relations between false belief, evidence, and epistemic responsibility. Found that younger children who understood false belief understood simpler types of deception but that understanding self-deceivers' epistemic…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Development, Deception
Peer reviewedStrichartz, Abigail F.; Burton, Roger V. – Child Development, 1990
Children's use of the terms "lie" and "truth" was examined. Participants were 150 subjects in five groups: nursery schoolers, preschoolers, first graders, fifth graders, and adults. Results support the development of definitional prototypes for the concepts of lie and truth. (RH)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Beliefs, Comprehension
Peer reviewedSodian, Beate; And Others – Child Development, 1991
Two experiments tested two, three, and four year olds' ability to understand false beliefs. Results of both experiments support earlier claims that an understanding of false beliefs and deceptive ploys emerges at around age four. Two and three year olds can be led to produce such ploys but show no clear understanding of their effect. (GLR)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Beliefs, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation
