Lie-telling may be part of a normative developmental process for children. However, little is
known about the complex interaction of social and cognitive factors related to this …

Few studies have examined the lie-telling behavior of children who have externalizing
problems using experimental procedures. In the current study, children's lie-telling for …

This study investigated how theory of mind (ToM) competence is related to children's ability
to differentiate between intentional and unintentional false statements regarding claims to …

Children tell prosocial lies from the age of three years onward, but little is known about for
whom they are inclined to lie. This preregistered study examined children's (N= 138, 9–12 …

Interpreting other people's intentions during communication represents a remarkable
challenge for children. Although many studies have examined children's understanding of …

Studies on whether lying, as opposed to merely deceiving, is possible with untruthful
implicatures have found conflicting evidence. Here, we present two experiments in which we …

Reports of academic cheating trigger fears of moral decay. Cheating looks like a dying
canary in the coal mine of morality. But this diagnosis assumes that those who cheat lack, or …

Background. A growing body of evidence shows that people's attitudes toward lies could be
predictive of their actual deceptive behavior. However, few studies have examined both …

Abstract We examined 4-to 11-year-old children's evaluation of six types of lies arranged
along a cost–benefit assessment scale factoring both the lie teller and the lie recipient …

Most prior studies on children's polite lie‐telling have focused on cognitive correlates but
neglected emotional correlates. This study examined 115 preschoolers' polite lie‐telling in …