Childrens Interpersonal Trust: Sensitivity to Lying, Deception and Promise Viol [Paperback]

Social philosophers during the course of history and modern day researchers have expressed the belief that interpersonal trust is essential for harmonious and cooperative social relationships among people. Interpersonal trust has been described as the social cement that binds interpersonal relationships in society and is necessary for its survival. This book provides researchers and professionals who deal with children an insight into a critical facet of children's social functioning. Interpersonal trust is conceptualized as children' s confidence that a person's verbal or nonverbal communication accurately conveys facts or internal states. This includes children's sensitivity to lying, deception and promise violations.1. Childrens Interpersonal Trust: An Introduction.- 2. What is a Lie? Childrens Use of Intentions and Consequences in Lexical Definitions and Moral Evaluations of Lying.- 3. Young Childrens Verbal Misrepresentations of Reality.- 4. Childrens Cue Use and Strategies for Detecting Deception.- 5. Childrens Responses to Authentic Versus Polite Smiles.- 6. Childrens Deception Skills and Social Competence.- 7. Childrens Trustworthiness: Judgments by Teachers, Parents,and Peers.- 8. Betrayal Among Children and Adults.- 9. Trust and Childrens Developing Theories of Mind.- 10. The Trust-Value Basis of Childrens Friendship.