A Punitive Environment Fosters Children's Dishonesty: A Natural Experiment

Autor/inn/en	Talwar, Victoria; Lee, Kang
Titel	A Punitive Environment Fosters Children's Dishonesty: A Natural Experiment
Quelle	In: Child Development, 82 (2011) 6, S.1751-1758 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01663.x
Schlagwörter	Young Children; Child Behavior; Deception; Educational Environment; Comparative Analysis; Foreign Countries; Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frühe Kindheit; Täuschung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Ausland; Afrika
Abstract	The present study compared the lie-telling behavior of 3- and 4-year-old West African children (N = 84) from either a punitive or a nonpunitive school. Children were told not to peek at a toy when left alone in a room. Most children could not resist the temptation and peeked at the toy. When the experimenter asked them if they had peeked, the majority of the punitive school peekers lied about peeking at the toy while significantly fewer nonpunitive school children did so. The punitive school children were better able to maintain their deception than nonpunitive school children when answering follow-up questions. Thus, a punitive environment not only fosters increased dishonesty but also children's abilities to lie to conceal their transgressions. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10