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| Title |
The effects of punishment and appeals for honesty on children’s truth-telling behavior
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| Published in |
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, October 2014
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.jecp.2014.09.011 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Victoria Talwar, Cindy Arruda, Sarah Yachison |
| Abstract |
This study examined the effectiveness of two types of verbal appeals (external and internal motivators) and expected punishment in 372 children's (4- to 8-year-olds) truth-telling behavior about a transgression. External appeals to tell the truth emphasized social approval by stating that the experimenter would be happy if the children told the truth. Internal appeals to tell the truth emphasized internal standards of behavior by stating that the children would be happy with themselves if they told the truth. Results indicate that with age children are more likely to lie and maintain their lie during follow-up questioning. Overall, children in the External Appeal conditions told the truth significantly more compared with children in the No Appeal conditions. Children who heard internal appeals with no expected punishment were significantly less likely to lie compared with children who heard internal appeals when there was expected punishment. The results have important implications regarding the impact of socialization on children's honesty and promoting children's veracity in applied situations where children's honesty is critical. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 32 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 2 | 6% |
| Chile | 2 | 6% |
| Belgium | 2 | 6% |
| Canada | 2 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 6% |
| Japan | 1 | 3% |
| Norway | 1 | 3% |
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 18 | 56% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 22 | 69% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 13% |
| Scientists | 4 | 13% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 102 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 100 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 25 | 25% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 13% |
| Researcher | 10 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 13 | 13% |
| Unknown | 19 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 64 | 63% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 2% |
| Computer Science | 1 | <1% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 5 | 5% |
| Unknown | 23 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 191. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 December 2019.
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