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Direct linkSmith, Rachelle M.; LaFreniere, Peter J. – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2013
One hundred eighteen children, divided into three age groups (4-, 6-, and 8-year-olds) participated in a competitive game designed to explore advances in children's deceptive abilities. Success in the game required children to inhibit useful information or provide misinformation in their communication with an adult opponent. Age trends were…
Descriptors: Young Children, Preschool Children, Predictor Variables, Expectation
Zwirs, Barbara W. C.; Székely, Eszter; Herba, Catherine M.; Verhulst, Frank C.; Jaddoe, Vincent W. V.; Hofman, Albert; van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.; Tiemeier, Henning – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2015
Little is known about the development of children's lying. The present study examined whether observed social and non-social fear in preschoolers predicts children's consistent cheating (N = 460; M = 4.3 years of age) and consistent lying about cheating. When left alone, 155 (34%) children cheated in both games conducted. Of these consistently…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Cheating, Ethics, Social Influences
Download full textRamasamy, Shamala – Online Submission, 2011
A component in the study of critical thinking which needs to be addressed is informal reasoning fallacy. It is a type of mental trickery which is able to self-deceive undergraduates and public at large. In order to practice good critical thinking, one has to detect and get rid of these fallacies. However, students have to be disposed in detecting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Thinking Skills, Misconceptions
Fu, Genyue; Evans, Angela D.; Wang, Lingfeng; Lee, Kang – Developmental Science, 2008
The present study examined the developmental origin of "blue lies", a pervasive form of lying in the adult world that is told purportedly to benefit a collective. Seven, 9-, and 11-year-old Chinese children were surreptitiously placed in a real-life situation where they decided whether to lie to conceal their group's cheating behavior. Children…
Descriptors: Cheating, Childhood Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Ethics
