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[conuly]

Study: Kids who catch you lying by omission won't trust what you say

Duh?

http://lat.ms/1quIRdV

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[siderea]

Study: Kids who catch you lying by omission won't trust what you say

Turns out that the children who were taught everything about their toy – whether it had one or four activities – took the teacher’s word for it and played with the purple-yellow squeaking thing. But those who knew the teacher had shown them only one out of four functions in the first toy took the time to explore the new toy in a variety of different ways, as though they knew they should take the teacher’s information with a grain of salt.

“Thus by six years of age, children keep track of others’ informativeness; when an informant’s credibility is in doubt, children engage in compensatory exploration,” the study authors wrote.

There's a lesson in here for adults: Watch what you say to kids, because they’re constantly evaluating you.

Actually, it seems to me the lesson in here for adults is: Lying to your children makes them more inquisitive and self-directed.

*thinks* Well, that certainly explains a lot about me, now doesn't it.