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Peer reviewedBussey, Kay – Child Development, 1999
Investigated 4-, 8-, and 11-year-olds' ability to categorize intentionally false and true statements as lies and truths. Found that older children were more likely to categorize false statements as lies and true statements as truths than were 4-year-olds. Antisocial lies were rated as most serious, and "white lies" as least serious.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Classification, Cognitive Development
