A Study on the Development of Understanding of Different Types of Lies, Moral Judgement, and Emotional Reactions in Korean Children (한국 아동의 거짓말 유형에 대한 이해, 도덕적 판단, 정서반응의 발달)

권은영; Hyeon Jin Lee (이현진)

A Study on the Development of Understanding of Different Types of Lies, Moral Judgement, and Emotional Reactions in Korean Children

THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
2012, 25(1), pp.117-133
Publisher : The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science

권은영 ¹, Hyeon Jin Lee ¹

¹영남대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study examined children's understanding, moral judgment, and emotional reactions about three different types of lies(i.e. antisocial lies, white lies, and trick lies) in Korean children. Participants were eighty five-year-old, six-year-old and seven-year-old Korean children and adults(20 for each group). The results showed that children understood antisocial lies better than white lies and trick lies. But understanding of the inherent intention in lying stories, like the white lies or trick lies, required the understanding of cognitive epistemic state. There were differences of children's moral judgment for lies according to age and lie types. Younger children(five- and six-year-old) treated all types of lies as being bad. On the other hand, seven-year-old treated antisocial lies and trick lies as being bad, but white lies as being good, while adults treated antisocial lies as being bad, but white lies and trick lies as being good. The results also showed that children made a mistake in inferring negative emotions from white lies and trick lies and in inferring positive emotions from antisocial lies.

KEYWORDS

antisocial lies, white lies, trick lies, moral judgments, emotional reactions

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