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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 2.

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

Age group Intent to help Intent to harm
% N % N
Informational setting
7-year-olds 97 29/30 80 24/30
9-year-olds 100 29/29 59 17/29
11-year-olds 93 28/30 50 15/30
Adults 97 29/30 90 27/30
Total 97 115/119 70 83/119
Politeness setting
7-year-olds 100 30/30 93 28/30
9-year-olds 97 28/29 90 26/29
11-year-olds 90 27/30 70 21/30
Adults 93 28/30 87 26/30
Total 98 113/119 85 101/119