Talwar at McGill and Kang Lee at the University of Toronto

question 106

Multiple Choice

Talwar at McGill and Kang Lee at the University of Toronto (2002) studied lying in Canadian three- to seven-year-olds.Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A) Neither parents nor strangers could tell if the older children were lying when they reviewed the children's videotaped answers.
• B) Police and customs officers trained in lie-detection failed to discriminate between lie- and truth-tellers.
• C) 80 percent of the older children in their study lied.
• D) Young children were unable to tell elaborate lies.

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