PSYC 3P32 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Lio, Prosocial Behavior, Anti-Social Behaviour
11 Mar 2016
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Lecture 9: cross cultural diferences & prosocial lies. *decision to lie and poor leakage control are the 2 components of a lie (exam) Anisocial lies (lies to conceal a transgression) & prosocial lies (lies to protect the other) Convenionality component and social-convenional view: social norms and values inluence our evaluaion of lies (whats acceptable and whats not) Much of the earlier research examining the categorizaion and evaluaion of lies has been done in. Eastern cultures such as china hold more of a collecivist perspecive (staring as early as kindergarten) Government implements into the curriculum honesty and modesty; taught not to brag about personal achievements and not seek teachers explicit praise. 7, 9, 11 yr olds in taiwan, china, canada. Childrenw ere read 2 stories about anisocial behaviors (one where they commited a transgression and they either told a truth or lie; and one where a prosocial behavior happened and they told a truth or lie)
