Lying in the name of the collective good: A developmental study

Developmental Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 495-503

  Fu, Genyue ^a   Evans, Angela D ^b   Wang, Lingfeng ^c   Lee, Kang ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; RECUMBENCY;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECEPTION; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS;

EID: 45349099942     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00695.x     Document Type: Article

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