Table2.

Means and standard deviations of significant effects in Study 2.

Politeness stories: combined
Truth value and Recipient consequence interaction
	High recipient consequence	Low recipient consequence
Truth telling	0.11 (2.16)	- 0.39 (2.08)
Lie telling	- 0.70 (2.00)	0.17 (2.09)
Truth value and Gender interaction
	Boy	Girl
Truth telling	- 0.55 (2.08)	0.81 (2.03)
Lie telling	- 0.88 (2.22)	- 1.34 (1.51)
Gender and Age interaction
	Boy	Girl
7 years (n=32)	0.33 (2.27)	- 0.47 (2.16)
9 years (n=32)	- 0.72 (2.04)	- 0.03 (2.03)
11 years (n=32)	- 0.24 (2.05)	- 0.07 (1.97)
Control stories: combined
Truth value main effect
Truth telling	2.58 (0.73)
Lie telling	- 1.83 (1.32)
Recipient consequence main effect
High recipient consequence	0.43 (2.41)
Low recipient consequence	0.31 (2.50)
Truth value and Age interaction
	Truth telling	Lie telling
7-years	2.88 (0.33)	- 2.02 (1.08)
9-years	2.75 (0.50)	- 1.89 (1.20)
11-years	2.11 (0.96)	- 1.59 (1.62)
Recipient consequence and Age interaction
	High recipient consequence	Low recipient consequence
7-years	0.44 (2.55)	0.42 (2.63)
9-years	0.41 (2.54)	0.45 (2.49)
11-years	0.45 (2.17)	0.06 (2.40)