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Two Experiments examined lie-telling to conceal parental transgression.

Exp. 1 Broken puppet- 3-11yr olds

Exp.2 Replicated findings

Implications for Justice System

Children questioned

3 conditions

Moral understanding of T&L assessed

Promise to tell truth

Relation between lie-telling and moral understanding

increased significantly with age

Significantly more told the truth

Whether parent present or not

Present - Non-verbal answers

Parental Present

Child Absent

Parent Absent

Ease anxiety - Less Traumatic

Reluctant to disclose evidence

Likelihood of blame reduced

More likely to lie

Made no difference

questioned about lies

Promise to tell the truth

More likely to tell truth in 2nd interview

Less likely to reveal parental transgression

children may tell lies for parents

about two thirds eventually told the truth

to avoid negative consequences to themselves

suggests many children are truthful

unwilling to lie for parents despite explicit coaching

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