Developmental Differences in Canadian and Persian Children’s Moral Evaluations of Modesty Lies

Children develop the understanding of lie-telling through a combination of social and cognitive development. This ongoing study is examining children (N = 150 ages 5, 7, 9, 11 yr) moral evaluations of lie and truth-telling. Results suggest that five and seven-year-olds rated modesty lies more poorly than nine and eleven-year-olds.