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ERIC Number: EJ387657
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Children's Use of a Verbal-Nonverbal Consistency Principle to Infer Truth and Lying.
Rotenberg, Ken J.; And Others
Child Development, v60 n2 p309-22 Apr 1989
Studied the verbal-nonverbal consistency principle to infer truth and lying in two experiments which involved 117 children in kindergarten, second, and fourth grade. Findings in both experiments indicated that the use of the verbal-nonverbal consistency principle increased with age. (RJC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Grade 4, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relationship, Kindergarten, Lying, Social Cognition
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Truth; Verbal Nonverbal Consistency Principle