Young Children's Knowledge of Truth and Lie : What They Know and How It Relates to the Behaviour of Telling a Lie

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  • 幼児による嘘と真実の概念理解と嘘をつく行為
  • ヨウジ ニ ヨル ウソ ト シンジツ ノ ガイネン リカイ ト ウソ オ ツク コウイ

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This study examined the relationship between various levels of the understanding of lies and the action of telling a lie. Children ages 3-6 years (N=73) performed five tasks: (1) identification-participants judged whether a statement was a lie or the truth; (2) discrimination-children explained the difference between lies and truth; (3) definition-they explained the meaning of lies and truth; (4) lie/mistake-children discriminated between lies and mistakes; and (5) behavior-examined whether children could tell a lie as they were instructed. The results showed that older children correctly identified statements as a lie or truth, understood that lies and truth were different, and told a lie as they were so instructed. However, they could not explain the difference between and the notions of lies and truth. Additionally, younger children's lies were not plausible enough to deceive others.

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