Young children can tell strategic lies after committing a transgression

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 147-158

  Fu, Genyue ^a   Evans, Angela D ^b   Xu, Fen ^c   Lee, Kang ^d  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Deception; Development; Lie telling; Lying; Strategy; Tactical deception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECEPTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECEPTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84863774821     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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