Learning through Observing: Effects of Modeling Truth- and Lie-Telling on Children's Honesty

Autor/inn/en	Engarhos, Paraskevi; Shohoudi, Azadeh; Crossman, Angela; Talwar, Victoria
Titel	Learning through Observing: Effects of Modeling Truth- and Lie-Telling on Children's Honesty
Quelle	In: Developmental Science, 23 (2020) 1, (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Talwar, Victoria)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1467-7687
DOI	10.1111/desc.12883
Schlagwörter	Ethics; Deception; Young Children; Child Behavior; Moral Values; Observation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethik; Täuschung; Frühe Kindheit; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Beobachtung
Abstract	The current study examined the influence of observing another's lie- or truth-telling -- and its consequences -- on children's own honesty about a transgression. Children (N = 224, 5-8 years of age) observed an experimenter (E) tell the truth or lie about a minor transgression in one of five conditions: (a) Truth-Positive Outcome -- E told the truth with a positive outcome; (b) Truth-Negative Outcome -- E told the truth with a negative outcome; (c) Lie-Positive Outcome -- E lied with a positive outcome; (d) Lie-Negative Outcome -- E lied with a negative outcome; (e) Control -- E did not tell a lie or tell the truth. Later, to examine children's truth- or lie-telling behavior, children participated in a temptation resistance paradigm where they were told not to peek at a trivia question answer. They either peeked or not, and subsequently lied or told the truth about that behavior. Additionally, children were asked to give moral evaluations of different truth- and lie-telling vignettes. Overall, 85% of children lied. Children were less likely to lie about their own transgression in the TRP when they had previously witnessed the experimenter tell the truth with a positive outcome or tell a lie with a negative outcome. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01