幼儿说谎行为的特点及其与心理理论水平的关系

首先考察3-4岁幼儿在抵制诱惑情景下出现违规行为后的说谎行为特点，然后进一步探讨了说谎行为与心理理论水平之间的关系。研究结果发现，3岁儿童中有59.3%出现说谎行为，而4岁时这个比例达到75%；但经统计检验没有发现显著的年龄差异，性别差异也不显著。另外，说谎与未说谎组在错误信念任务上的得分没有显著性差异，但有策略的说谎组比没有策略组在错误信念任务上的得分更高；说谎水平与错误信念任务之间有显著的正相关

KINDERGARTNER'S ACTS OF LYING AND ITS RELATION TO THEORY OF MIND

The study examined kindergartener’s acts of lying in temptation resistance situation and its relation with their performance in false belief tasks. One hundred and nine of 3- and 4-year-olds in kindergarten participated in the study. The results showed that: (1) 59.3 percent of 3-year-olds lied, while a percentage of lying reached 75% in the group of 4-year-olds; (2) there was no significant difference in performance of false belief tasks between lying and truth-telling children; (3) there was significant positive correlation between different levels of lying and the achievement in false belief tasks, while children with tactic of lying did much better in the tasks of false belief than children with no tactic of lying