@article{ref1,
title="Young Children's Competency to Take the Oath: Effects of Task, Maltreatment, and Age",
journal="Law and human behavior",
year="2010",
author="Lyon, Thomas D. and Carrick, Nathalie and Quas, Jodi A.",
volume="34",
number="2",
pages="141-149",
abstract="This study examined maltreated and non-maltreated children's (N = 183) emerging understanding of &quot;truth&quot; and &quot;lie,&quot; terms about which they are quizzed to qualify as competent to testify. Four- to six-year-old children were asked to accept or reject true and false (T/F) statements, label T/F statements as the &quot;truth&quot; or &quot;a lie,&quot; label T/F statements as &quot;good&quot; or &quot;bad,&quot; and label &quot;truth&quot; and &quot;lie&quot; as &quot;good&quot; or &quot;bad.&quot; The youngest children were at ceiling in accepting/rejecting T/F statements. The labeling tasks revealed improvement with age and children performed similarly across the tasks. Most children were better able to evaluate &quot;truth&quot; than &quot;lie.&quot; Maltreated children exhibited somewhat different response patterns, suggesting greater sensitivity to the immorality of lying.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0147-7307",
doi="10.1007/s10979-009-9177-9",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10979-009-9177-9"
}