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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 7.
Published in final edited form as: Infant Child Dev. 2009 Jul 1;18(4):307–322. doi: 10.1002/icd.631

Table 1.

Classifications of prototypical lie-telling vignettes as deceptive by age, setting, and intent

Age group Intent to help Intent to harm
% N % N
Informational setting
7-year-olds 100 30/30 97 29/30
9-year-olds 97 28/29 97 28/29
11-year-olds 90 27/30 100 30/30
Adults 87 26/30 97 29/30
Total 93 111/119 98 116/119
Politeness setting
7-year-olds 90 27/30 93 28/30
9-year-olds 93 27/29 97 28/29
11-year-olds 97 29/30 93 28/30
Adults 83 25/30 97 29/30
Total 91 108/119 95 113/119