Cross-cultural differences in children's choices, categorizations, and evaluations of truths and lies

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 278-293

  Fu, Genyue ^a   Xu, Fen ^b   Cameron, Catherine Ann ^c   Leyman, Gail ^d,f   Lee, Kang ^e  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Cross cultural differences; Deception; Individual vs collective oriented lies truths; Individualism; Moral development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MORALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECUMBENCY;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 33947516610     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.43.2.278     Document Type: Article

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