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ERIC Number: EJ301739
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Young Children's Conception of Lying: Lexical Realism--Moral Subjectivism.
Wimmer, Heinz; And Others
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v37 n1 p1-30 Feb 1984
Tests 4- to 12-year-old children's use of the verb "lying" and their moral judgment of true and false assertions. Stories that produced either a false statement despite truthful intentions or a true statement despite deceptive intentions were used. (Author/CI)
Descriptors: Children, Comprehension, Definitions, Foreign Countries, Language Usage, Moral Values, Realism, Research Methodology, Rewards, Value Judgment, Verbs
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Intention; Lying; Moral Reality; Piagetian Research