Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen.
Dev Psychol. 2019 Jul;55(7):1428-1439. doi: 10.1037/dev0000721. Epub 2019 Mar 28.
Children tell prosocial lies from the age of three years onward, but little is known about for whom they are inclined to lie. This preregistered study examined children's (N = 138, 9-12 years) prosocial lying behavior toward minimal in-group and out-group peers. Additionally, children evaluated vignettes in which an in-group peer told a prosocial lie to an in-group or out-group peer. Results show that only older children told more prosocial lies for the benefit of in-group compared with out-group peers. Further, in the vignettes children of all ages were more accepting of prosocial lying in favor of in-group members compared with out-group members. These findings underscore the importance of considering intergroup relations in children's prosocial lying behavior and advocate for broadening the scope of research on children's intergroup prosociality. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
儿童从三岁起就开始说符合社会规范的谎言，但人们对他们倾向于向谁撒谎知之甚少。这项预先注册的研究调查了儿童（N=138，9-12 岁）对最小的内群体和外群体同伴的亲社会说谎行为。此外，孩子们还评价了一些情景，在这些情景中，一个内群体同伴对一个内群体或外群体同伴说了一个亲社会的谎言。结果表明，只有年龄较大的儿童更倾向于为了内群体的利益而对其说谎，而不是为了外群体的利益。此外，在这些情景中，所有年龄段的儿童都更能接受有利于内群体成员而不是外群体成员的亲社会谎言。这些发现强调了在儿童亲社会说谎行为中考虑群体间关系的重要性，并主张扩大儿童群体间亲社会性研究的范围。（PsycINFO 数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。
