The Effect of Punishment Threat on Children's Ability to Resist Temptation to Transgress and Lie
Description:
Children's response to a resistance-to-temptation (RTT) task was investigated under three punishment threat conditions: negative consequence, removing an anticipated reward, and no explicit punishment. Ninety first and second graders participated in the RTT task and seventy-three parents completed the Behavior Assessment System for Children and the Psychopathy Screening Device. As only 4% of children transgressed, results are unclear. Hypotheses tested using approximations of transgression show…
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Date:
December 2001
Creator:
Collins, Michelle
Partner:
UNT Libraries