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ERIC Number: EJ334845
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Young Children's Conception of Lying: Moral Intuition and the Denotation and Connotation of "to Lie".
Wimmer, Heinz; And Others
Developmental Psychology, v21 n6 p993-95 Nov 1985
Reports study of 4- and 5-year-old children, finding (a) that young children's moral intuition about lying is quite advanced as compared to their definition of "to lie" and (b) that children's realist definition of "to lie" carries a strong negative moral connotation that overrides their usual subjectivist moral intuitions. (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Moral Development, Moral Values, Value Judgment, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Lying