Briar Cliff University.
University of the Pacific.
J Appl Behav Anal. 2020 Jan;53(1):134-146. doi: 10.1002/jaba.552. Epub 2019 Mar 15.
Lying during childhood is a common concern for caregivers. Lee et al. (2014) showed that a moral story and instruction implying reinforcers for honesty produced statistically significant improvements in children admitting a transgression. We evaluated the influence of this moral story and instruction on the consistency of honest reports when reinforcement favored lying in the context of reporting answers to math problems. The moral story and instruction produced temporary, inconsistent, or null effects across participants. However, reinforcing accurate reports produced consistent improvements in telling the truth.
儿童时期说谎是照顾者普遍关注的问题。Lee 等人（2014）表明，一个道德故事和暗示对诚实进行奖励的指导，可使承认错误的儿童在统计学上显著改善。我们评估了这种道德故事和指导在强化有利于说谎的情况下报告数学问题答案时对诚实报告一致性的影响。该道德故事和指导对参与者没有产生临时的、不一致的或无效的影响。但是，强化准确报告确实会使说实话的能力持续提高。
