Children's Interpersonal Trust, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
Sensitivity to Lying, Deception and Promise Violations

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. Children’s Interpersonal Trust: An Introduction.- 2. What is a Lie? Children’s Use of Intentions and Consequences in Lexical Definitions and Moral Evaluations of Lying.- 3. Young Children’s Verbal Misrepresentations of Reality.- 4. Children’s Cue Use and Strategies for Detecting Deception.- 5. Children’s Responses to Authentic Versus Polite Smiles.- 6. Children’s Deception Skills and Social Competence.- 7. Children’s Trustworthiness: Judgments by Teachers, Parents,and Peers.- 8. Betrayal Among Children and Adults.- 9. Trust and Children’s Developing Theories of Mind.- 10. The Trust-Value Basis of Children’s Friendship.