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Abstract The current study examined the influence of observing another's lie‐ or truth‐telling – and its consequences – on children's own honesty about a transgression. Children (N = 224, 5 to 8 years of age) observed an experimenter (E) tell the truth or lie about a minor transgression in one of five conditions: (1) Truth‐Positive – E told the truth with a positive outcome; (2) Truth‐Negative – E told the truth with a negative outcome; (3) Lie‐Positive – E lied with a positive outcome; (4)...

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