Though it is frequently condemned, lie-telling is a common and frequent activity in
interpersonal interactions, with apparent social risks and benefits. The current review …

The veracity of child witness testimony is central to the justice system where there are
serious consequences for the child, the accused, and society. Thus, it is important to …

The relation between children's lie‐telling and their social and cognitive development was
examined. Children (3–8 years) were told not to peek at a toy. Most children peeked and …

Child witnesses must undergo a competence examination in which they must show
appropriate conceptual understanding of lying and truth-telling, and promise to tell the truth …

The power to promise is morally fundamental and does not, at its foundation, derive from
moral principles that govern our use of conventions. Of course, many features of promising …

Children's lie-telling behavior to conceal the transgression of a parent was examined in 2
experiments. In Experiment 1 (N= 137), parents broke a puppet and told their children (3–11 …

Although there has been extensive research on children's moral knowledge about lying and
truth‐telling and their actual lie‐or truth‐telling behaviors, research to examine the relation …

Young children's ability to tell a strategic lie by making it consistent with the physical
evidence of their transgression was investigated along with the sociocognitive correlates of …

This study examined the effects of coaching (encouragement and rehearsal of false reports)
and truth induction (a child‐friendly version of the oath or general reassurance about the …

This article reports on the evaluation of an interactive interviewer training system with a
large, heterogeneous sample of investigative interviewers of children. The system, delivered …