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Talwar et al.,(2004)
- Two Experiments examined lie-telling to conceal parental transgression.
- Exp. 1 Broken puppet- 3-11yr olds
- Children questioned
- Moral understanding of T&L assessed
- Promise to tell truth
- Significantly more told the truth-
parent present or not
- Present- Non-verbal
answers
- Present- Non-verbal
answers
- Significantly more told the truth-
parent present or not
- Relation between lie-telling
and moral understanding
- increased significantly
with age
- Promise to tell truth
- Moral understanding of T&L assessed
- 3 conditions
- Parental Present
- Ease anxiety -
Less Traumatic
- Reluctant to
disclose evidence
- Ease anxiety -
Less Traumatic
- Child Absent
- Likelihood of
blame reduced
- More likely to lie
- More likely to lie
- Likelihood of
blame reduced
- Parent Absent
- Made no difference
- Made no difference
- Parental Present
- Children questioned
- Exp.2 Replicated findings
- questioned
about lies
- Promise to tell the truth
- More likely to tell truth
in 2nd interview
- Less likely to reveal
parental transgression
- Less likely to reveal
parental transgression
- More likely to tell truth
in 2nd interview
- Promise to tell the truth
- questioned
about lies
- Implications for Justice System
- children may tell lies
for parents
- to avoid negative
consequences to
themselves
- to avoid negative
consequences to
themselves
- about two thirds
eventually told the truth
- suggests many
children are truthful
- unwilling to lie for parents
despite explicit coaching
- suggests many
children are truthful
- children may tell lies
for parents
- Exp. 1 Broken puppet- 3-11yr olds
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