Lying is a behavior that, in theory, is discouraged and punished, except when it isn't.
Perhaps as a result, many individuals lie at low levels somewhat regularly. While research …

Scientific research on how children learn to tell lies has existed for more than a century.
Earlier studies mainly focused on moral, social, and situational factors contributing to the …

Lying is a complex behavior with an inconstant value shifting from morally reprehensible to
socially sanctioned, given the context of the statement. As such, the acquisition of a mature …

School has an important function in providing the environment for young people to acquire
many skills and knowledge required by contemporary life, but the problems of attachment to …

The current study examined children's lie-telling behavior across four motivational contexts
at two time points: Time 1 (T1) and Time 2 (T2). There were 127 children (M T1= 4.65 years …

Including robots in children's lives calls for reflection on the psychological and moral aspects
of such relationships, especially with respect to children's ability to differentiate intentional …

Although researchers posit that lying is integral to morality, findings have been mixed. The
goal of this study was to examine the link between children's lie-telling moral standards and …

Introduction Most people are generally honest, but around 5% of individuals are prolific liars,
some of whom lie for fun or no reason. However, developmental research on atypical lying …

The current study investigated parenting influences on children's understanding of lie‐telling
in eight different social situations. These social situations clustered into two broad categories …

On the basis of the heterogeneous casuistry that characterizes the students who refuse
going to school, it is useful to have a classification of this population in homogeneous …