2008,
Child Development.
DOI:
10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01164.x
Social and Cognitive Correlates of Children’s Lying Behavior
Victoria Talwar, Kang Lee
Abstract:
The relation between children’s lie‐telling and their social and cognitive development was examined. Children (3–8 years) were told not to peek at a toy. Most children peeked and later lied about peeking. Children’s subsequent verbal statements were not always consistent with their initial denial and leaked critical information revealing their deceit. Children’s conceptual moral understanding of lies, executive functioning, and theory‐of‐mind understanding were also assessed. Children’s initial false denials were related to their first‐order belief understanding and their inhibitory control. Children’s ability to maintain their lies was related to their second‐order belief understanding. Children’s lying was related to their moral evaluations. These findings suggest that social and cognitive factors may play an important role in children’s lie‐telling abilities.
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#paper doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01164.x Social and Cognitive Correlates of Children’s Lying Behavior 命令孩子在独处时不要触碰玩具，他能否做到？又是否会承认？这是研究儿童说谎的常用办法。约四成的3岁儿童会说谎，这一比例在5-7岁儿童中更高。相应的，3岁儿童的圆谎能力（语义泄漏控制）很弱，但一半的六七岁的儿童已经发展了这个能力。此外，儿童圆谎能力越弱，表明其抑制控制盒工作记忆越差，而儿童对说谎的道德概念比较弱，但是道德认识越强的儿童说谎的概率越低。