Children lying is rarely cause for concern and actually means your child is developmentally normal.
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How did Trump came to be a symbol of national pride for evangelical Protestants who value strict morality and good manners? It has to do with their shared master narrative of white power and domination.
Perception of truth and lies changes between languages for bilingual speakers.
There’s no need for parents to bust the Santa myth. Children figure out the truth themselves, at a developmentally appropriate time. In the process, they build their reasoning skills.
People lie because it is more likely to get them what they want.
We gave four scholars from different disciplines a chance to offer their opinions on this important question.
Psychologists observed young children in real time figuring out how not to tell the truth.
Why do some people fall for the lamest April Fool’s pranks and others see straight through them?
Alternate realities don’t just exist in politics – and not all falsehoods are lies. Distortions of the truth can range from a normal part of human nature to pathological.
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Chair of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol
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Head of School of Education and Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Wollongong
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Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Lancaster University
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Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, Lecturer on Bioethics & Humanities at SUNY Upstate Medical University; and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine; Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Psychiatric Times., Tufts University
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Professor of Communication and Journalism, Texas A&M University
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Managing Director of the McCourtney Institute of Democracy, Associate Research Professor, Political Science, Co-host of Democracy Works Podcast, Penn State
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Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Georgia State University
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Professor in Psychology, Keele University
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Scientia Professor of Psychology, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood, Macquarie University
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Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Oregon
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Professor of Psychology, University of California, San Diego
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Senior Lecturer of Psychology, Bangor University
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Professor of Social Interaction, Loughborough University
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Senior Lecturer in Investigative Psychology, University of Huddersfield
