The Influence of Different Types of Prosocial Lies on Children's Interpersonal Trust
Employing the scenario approach,this study attempts to investigate the trust of primary school children aged from 7 to 12 for different types of lies made by different lying subjects.It is found that:(1)The trust of children in prosocial lies shows a trend of first rising and then decreasing with the increase of age,and the level of children's trust in prosocial lies gradually increases from 7 to 9 years old,while it gradually decline during the period of 9 to 12 years old;(2)the children aged from 9 to 12 significantly have more trust in altruistic lies than that in reciprocal lies and lies that harm to the third party;(3)children aged from 8 to 12 have more trust in teachers'reciprocal lies and than their companions.The results of the study can help to clarify how children perceive different types of prosocial lies and provide a theoretical basis for studying the development of children's interpersonal trust.
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