Big congrats to @rthompkins.bsky.social on this paper! Happy to finally see this out in the world.
Our work builds on findings from @juliamarshall.bsky.social on the impact of social relationships on moral expectations, with a focus on how children think about lying and liars.
Zoe Liberman
New paper with past honors student Vanessa Chao and @zoeliberman.bsky.social in press at JECP:
“Children can consider social relationships when evaluating liars”
By the early elementary school years, people judge it as worse and meaner for a friend (vs. classmate) to lie.
doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
