Young Children's Conception of Lying: Moral Intuition and the Denotation and Connotation of "to Lie".

Wimmer, Heinz; And Others

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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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Language: English

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