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• key theme->Moral development


  How thinking, feeling, and behaviour change throughout a person's life
• Developmental psychology looks at how thinking, feeling, and behavior change throughout a person's life
• A significant proportion of theories within developmental psychology focus upon development during childhood, as this is the period during an individual's lifespan when the most change occurs
• Investigating children's moral judgement of lying and telling the truth was one of the first areas of developmental psychology
• Since the early 1980s, developmental psychologists have become more interested in learning about children's moral judgements regarding telling the truth and lying
• The research on children's moral development of lying was limited as it was conducted in western countries, so the findings could not be generalised as the children were raised in industrial environments that promoted competition
• It was therefore unclear if the findings can be generalised to children of other socioeconomic backgrounds
• The children were shown a 7- point rating chart which contained the ratings: Very very good, Very good, good, Neither naughty nor good, naughty, Very naughty, Very very naughty
• After explaining the chart, the stories were read aloud to individuals in a pre-arranged random order. They were read in the participants own language and presented alongside illustrations
• After the deed section of the story was read aloud, the children were asked "was he/she good or naughty" and the child will respond verbally/non-verbally or both using the rating scale
• The question was repeated after the second part of the story lie or truth-telling was read. The interviewer systematically alternated the words "good" and "naughty" in the questions
• aim


  to compare cross-cultural evaluations of lying and truth telling in situations involving pro-social and anti-social behaviours
• sample


  120 chinese children->Hangzhou elementary

  108 canadian children-> New Brunswick