The whole truth: Children can tell when a teacher commits 'sins of omission'
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 11:45
in Psychology & Sociology
Children can figure out when someone is lying to them, research shows, but cognitive scientists recently tackled a subtler question: Can children tell when adults are telling them the truth, but not the whole truth? Determining whom to trust is an important skill to learn at an early age because so much of our knowledge about the world comes from other people.