Children and Lying
A Century of Scientific Research
Published on 31. March 2023
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-631-22648-2 (ISBN)
Description
This fascinating volume reviews the full body of scientific research about the development of lying in children and analyzes the various cognitive, social-cultural, and neural factors that affect the development of lying. Reviews the full body of scientific knowledge about the development of lying in children Analyzes the various cognitive, social-cultural, and neural factors that affect the development of lying Explores applications of research in educational, clinical and legal settings, and suggests directions for future research
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Chicester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-631-22648-2 (9780631226482)
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Persons
Kang Lee is Associate Professor of Psychology atUniversity of Toronto, Canada. Victoria Talwar is a doctoral student at McGill University Canada.
Content
I Introduction 1: Lying: conceptual, theoretical and applied issues 2: A brief history of developmental research on children and lying 3: Overview of the book II Pre- and post-developmental evidence 4: Lying in the wilderness: the evolutionary root of verbal deception 5: Adult and lying III Developmental evidence 6: Lie, liar and lying: Children's concept of verbal deception 7: Moral judgments of lying by children 8: The gullibility of children: lie-detection in childhood 9: Little liars: When, how and why do children lie? IV Applied Evidence 10: Children and lying in court 11: Clinical implications of children lying 12: Summary of evidence 13: Theoretical speculations and future directions