August 11, 2025Journal of Experimental Child PsychologyOpen Access

If someone is wrong but sincere, is it a lie? The role of objective falsity, intention, and in children’s understanding of lying

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KCKatarzyna CantareroUniversity of Bristol MKMagdalena Ewa KrólUniwersytet SWPS DGDaria Gruberska

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This observational study analyzes how intention and objective reality influence children’s understanding of lies, suggesting implications for moral development.

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Younger children were more likely to label objectively false statements as lies, whereas older children focused on the protagonist's intention.
The study involved 194 participants, including children aged 5-6 and 9-10, in a comic-based task assessing moral judgment on lies.
Assessment utilized a novel, language-independent tool to gauge children’s understanding of deception revealed by their responses.
Results indicate prosocial lies were judged more favorably than self-serving lies, refining theories in moral development and cognition.

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Cantarero et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68a360e70a429f79733297ca https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2025.106350

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This observational study analyzes how intention and objective reality influence children’s understanding of lies, suggesting implications for moral development.

If someone is wrong but sincere, is it a lie? The role of objective falsity, intention, and in children’s understanding of lying

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If someone is wrong but sincere, is it a lie? The role of objective falsity, intention, and in children’s understanding of lying

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