The willingness of children to lie and the assessment of credibility in an ecologically relevant laboratory setting

Applied Developmental Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 92-109

  Tye, Marcus Choi ^a   Amato, Susan L ^b   Honts, Charles R ^b   Devitt, Mary K ^c   Peters, Douglas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0010596514     PISSN: 10888691     EISSN: 1532480X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532480xads0302_4     Document Type: Article

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