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Five- to six-year-old children’s understanding of lies and truths in different contexts

  • THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
  • 2014, 27(1), pp.55-71
  • Publisher : The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
  • Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science

송미리 1 Hyun Joo SONG 2

1연세대학교 심리학과
2연세대학교

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ABSTRACT

The current study investigated whether 5-6-year-old Korean children consider situational factors when comprehending a protagonist’s lie- and truth-telling. The participants answered a series of questions after listening to stories in which the protagonist lied or told the truth during a transgression (e.g., stealing a friend’s crayon) or a polite interaction (e.g., receiving a disappointing gift). Children more positively evaluated lying in the politeness contexts than in the transgression contexts. They also attributed more positive emotions to the protagonists who told the truth in the transgression contexts than those who told the truth in the politeness contexts. The results demonstrate that preschoolers understand that the moral value and emotional consequences of lying and truth-telling can be affected by contextual factors.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.