Children’s Evaluations About Lying for Prosocial and Antisocial Reasons

Children’s reasoning and evaluations about lying have been the subject of much research during the past two decades. However, these studies are seen to have been carried out in a limited number of countries. Therefore, the present study examines the evaluations of Turkish children between the ages o...

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Main Authors: Muhammed Şükrü Aydın, Sema Karakelle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: İlmi Etüdler Derneği (İLEM) 2023-06-01
Series:İnsan & Toplum
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Online Access:https://www.insanvetoplum.org/sayilar/13-2/m0716
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description Children’s reasoning and evaluations about lying have been the subject of much research during the past two decades. However, these studies are seen to have been carried out in a limited number of countries. Therefore, the present study examines the evaluations of Turkish children between the ages of 4 and 8 regarding prosocial and antisocial lies. The study uses picture cards to present the children with vignettes in which a protagonist lies for their own or others’ benefit. The results show that children found telling lies to be more acceptable in the context of prosocial stories, with prosocial lies being found to be more acceptable among 8-year-old children compared to 4- and 5-year-old children. Due to this research having been pioneering in a different country, the study discusses the findings through intracultural and intercultural factors.
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spelling doaj-art-3ed3e8f2a4bd48dba5d30d63f70e1e702025-08-20T01:56:25Zengİlmi Etüdler Derneği (İLEM)İnsan & Toplum2146-70992602-27452023-06-0113231833710.12658/M0716Children’s Evaluations About Lying for Prosocial and Antisocial ReasonsMuhammed Şükrü Aydın0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1112-3180Sema Karakelle1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3899-6670Selçuk UniversityIstanbul UniversityChildren’s reasoning and evaluations about lying have been the subject of much research during the past two decades. However, these studies are seen to have been carried out in a limited number of countries. Therefore, the present study examines the evaluations of Turkish children between the ages of 4 and 8 regarding prosocial and antisocial lies. The study uses picture cards to present the children with vignettes in which a protagonist lies for their own or others’ benefit. The results show that children found telling lies to be more acceptable in the context of prosocial stories, with prosocial lies being found to be more acceptable among 8-year-old children compared to 4- and 5-year-old children. Due to this research having been pioneering in a different country, the study discusses the findings through intracultural and intercultural factors.https://www.insanvetoplum.org/sayilar/13-2/m0716prosocial lieantisocial lieevaluation of lyingmoral developmentmoral reasoning
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Children’s Evaluations About Lying for Prosocial and Antisocial Reasons
İnsan & Toplum
prosocial lie
antisocial lie
evaluation of lying
moral development
moral reasoning
title Children’s Evaluations About Lying for Prosocial and Antisocial Reasons
title_full Children’s Evaluations About Lying for Prosocial and Antisocial Reasons
title_fullStr Children’s Evaluations About Lying for Prosocial and Antisocial Reasons
title_full_unstemmed Children’s Evaluations About Lying for Prosocial and Antisocial Reasons
title_short Children’s Evaluations About Lying for Prosocial and Antisocial Reasons
title_sort children s evaluations about lying for prosocial and antisocial reasons
topic prosocial lie
antisocial lie
evaluation of lying
moral development
moral reasoning
url https://www.insanvetoplum.org/sayilar/13-2/m0716
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