Emergence of lying in very young children

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1958-1963

  Evans, Angela D ^a   Lee, Kang ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Deception; Executive function; Honesty; Lie telling

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DECEPTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECEPTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIE DETECTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84884956589     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031409     Document Type: Article

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