We are developing a speech act theoretical model of conceptions and moral evaluations of lying and truth-telling in two cultures. Our early work contrasted the development of Canadian and Chinese children and youths’ behavioural intentions, classifications, judgments, and justifications of verbal deception in such contexts as athletic competitions and calls for politeness, modesty, and protection of individual or community wellbeing. Next, we proceeded to study Canadian children’s assessments of truth and trust. We are now commencing an investigation of the development of intellectual integrity and academic cheating. These programmes of research have been conducted in Vancouver (UBC), Toronto (U of T), and Fredericton (UNB) and have all been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
September 2017
• Gill, H., Li, Y., Batool, K., Lee, K., & Cameron, C. A. (in press). Transforming mixed-methods research from in-lab to on-line: A study with young participants. SAGE Research Methods Cases.
• Kermani, K., Duan, T., Wilson, K., Gerhardt, E., Cheung, C., Cameron, C. A. (2022, July). Associations between childhood rule-breaking, personality and theory of mind. [Presentation]. 48th Association for Moral Education Conference, Manchester, UK.
• Yee, S., Kermani, K., Gerhardt, E. L., & Cameron, C. A. (2022, July). Veracity and beneficence in development of children’s interpersonal trust. [Poster Presentation]. 48th Association for Moral Education Conference, Manchester, UK.
• Shao, S., Yee, S., Gerhardt, E. L., & Cameron, C. A. (2022, June). Honesty/Beneficence in children’s trust inferences. [Poster Presentation]. The 83rd Canadian Psychological Association Convention, Calgary, AB, Canada.
• Wilson, K., Li, Y., Xu, A., Cheung, C., Wang, V., Kermani, K., Cameron, C. A. (2022, June). Academic honesty in childhood: the roles of executive function and self-efficacy. [Poster Presentation]. The 83rd Canadian Psychological Association Convention, Calgary, AB, Canada.
• Yee, S., Gerhardt, E. L., & Cameron, C. A. (2022, April). Children’s perceptions of trustworthiness based on veracity and intent. [Poster Presentation]. 2022 Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
• Yee, S. (2022, March). Influence of veracity and intention on children’s trust decisions. [Presentation]. 2022 Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
• Khan, M. T., Gerhardt, E. L., Duan, T., Batool, K., Vaillancourt, S. A., Cameron, C. A. & Lee, K. (2021, November). Academic rule-breaking in young children. [Presentation]. 47th Association of Moral Education Annual Conference. [Virtual Conference].
• Lo, H-YJ, Fu, G., Lee, K., & Cameron, C.A. (2020). Development of moral reasoning in situational and cultural contexts. Journal of Moral Education, 49(2), 177-193. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057240.2018.1563881
• Gerhardt, E., Aggarwal, D., Shao, S., Richard, M.E, & Cameron, C.A. (2020, October – November). Children’s consideration of beneficence and veracity in determining epistemic and interpersonal trust. [Poster presentation]. 46th Association of Moral Education Annual Conference, Virtual conference. https://whova.com/portal/assoc_202010/?source=download_page
• Duan, T., Richard, M.E, Li, Y., Liu, Y., & Cameron, C.A. (2020, October – November). Western and East-Asian masculinities and their influence on adolescent dating Relationships [Poster presentation]. 46th Association of Moral Education Annual Conference, Virtual conference. https://whova.com/portal/assoc_202010/?source= download_page
• Gerhardt, E., Aggarwal, D., Shao, S., & Cameron, C.A. (2020, July – August). Children’s judgements of scenario-peer behaviours and potential trust [Poster presentation]. 81st Canadian Psychological Association Annual National Convention, Montréal, Quebec, Canada. https://eventmobi.com/cpa2020/
• Gill, H., Ribeiro, A.M, Stanzel, A., Shao, S., Gerhardt, E., Yiu, N., & Cameron, C.A. (2020, April). Canadian and Chinese adolescents’ behavioral intentions regarding lying and truth-telling [Poster Session]. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, United States of America. (Conference cancelled)
• Shao, S., Gerhardt, E., Gill, H., Duan, L. & Cameron, C.A. (2020, March). Observer to actor? Adolescents’ (dis)honest intentions and moral judgements of others. Poster accepted to be presented at Society for Research on Adolescence annual meeting, San Diego, CA, United States.
• Lo, H-YJ, Fu, G., Lee, K., & Cameron, C.A. (2019). Development of moral reasoning in situational and cultural contexts. Journal of Moral Education, 49(2), 177-193. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057240.2018.1563881
• Gill, H., Li, Y., Ribeiro, A.M. & Cameron, C.A. (2019, November). Contextual considerations in adolescents’ moral judgements and justifications [Poster presentation]. Association for Moral Education annual meeting, Seattle, WA, United States. Awarded Best in Conference.
• Gerhardt, E., Ribeiro, A. M., Shao, S., Pollak, K. & Cameron, C.A. (2019, June). Contextual influences in adolescent considerations regarding verbal deception: Is honesty always the best policy? [Poster presentation]. The 80th Canadian Psychological Association Convention, Halifax, NS, Canada.
• Li, Y., Gill, H., & Cameron, C. A. (2019, March). Canadian adolescents’ personal decisions about verbal deception [Poster presentation]. Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
• Fu, G., Heyman, G.D., Cameron, C.A., & Lee, K. (2016). Learning to be unsung heroes: Development of reputation management in two cultures. Child Development, 87(3), 689-699. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12494
• Fu, G., Luo, Y.C., Heyman, G.D, Wang, B., Cameron, C.A., & Lee, K. (2016). Moral evaluations of lying for one’s own group. Infant and Child Development, 25(5), 355-370. https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.1941
• Dmytro, D., Lo, J., O’Leary, J., Fu, G., Lee, K., & Cameron, C.A. (2014), Development of cultural perspectives on verbal deception in competitive situations. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 45(8), 1196-1214. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022114535485
• Lau, Y.L., Cameron, C.A., Chieh, K.M., O’Leary, J., Fu, G., & Lee, K. (2013). Cultural differences in moral justifications enhance understanding of Chinese and Canadian children’s moral decisions. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 44(3), 461-477. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022112453315
• Chen, J., Lau, C., Tapanya, S., & Cameron, C.A. (2012). Identities as protective processes: Socio-ecological perspectives on youth resilience. Journal of Youth Studies, 15(4), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2012.677815
• Cameron, C.A., Lau, C. Fu, G., & Lee, K. (2012). Development of children’s moral evaluations of modesty and self-promotion in diverse cultural settings. Journal of Moral Education. 41(1), 61-78. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057240.2011.617414
• Lau, A.Y.L., Chieh, K.M., O’Leary, J., Fu, G.Y., & Cameron, C.A. (2011, March). Evaluating adolescents’ blue-lie judgments in the context of cultural strictures [Poster presentation]. Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Montreal, QC, Canada.
• Fu, G., Brunet, M.K., Lv, Y., Ding, X., Heyman, G.D., Cameron, C.A., & Lee, K. (2010). Chinese children’s moral evaluation of lies and truths – roles of context and parental individualism-collectivism tendencies. Infant and Child Development, 19(5), 498-515. https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.680
• Lau, C.Y., Chen, J. Fu, G., O’Leary, J., Lee, K., & Cameron, C.A. (2010, July). How children judge and evaluate modest lies: findings from three cultural settings [Poster presentation]. Biennial Meeting of International Society for Studies in Behavioural Development, Lusaka, Zambia.
• Fu, G., Brunet, M.K., Lv, Y., Ding, X., Heyman, G., Cameron, C.A., & Lee, K. (2010, July). Chinese children’s moral evaluation of lies & truths — roles of context and parental individualism-collectivism tendencies [Poster presentation]. Biennial Meeting of International Society for Studies in Behavioural Development, Lusaka, Zambia.
• Chen, J., Lau, C., Lau, A., O’Leary, J., Fu, G., & Cameron, C.A. (2010, July). Bicultural children’s perspectives on verbal deception: individual vs. group achievement [Poster presentation]. Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Lusaka, Zambia.
• Lee, K., Fu, G., Xu, F., Cameron, C.A., & Heyman, G.D. (2007). Cross-cultural differences in children’s choices, categorizations, and evaluations of truths and lies. Developmental Psychology, 43(2) 278-293. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.43.2.278
• Cameron, C.A., Lau, C.Y., Lee, K., O’Leary, J., Chan, T., & Fu, G. Y. (2007, November). Acculturation effects: Moral learning in a multicultural society [Paper presentation]. Annual Association for Moral Education Conference 2007, New York, NY, USA.
• Cameron, C.A., Lau, C., Chan, T.S.F., & Sham, W.H.Y. (2007, May). Acculturation effects on modesty: Comparing Chinese-Canadian and Mainland Chinese children [Poster presentation]. Human Early Learning Partnership Research Days, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
• Lee, K., Fu, G., Xu F., Cameron, C.A., Heyman, G. D., Wan, L., & Evans, A.D. (2007, March). Children’s moral conception of collective oriented lies and its relation to their actual behavior [Paper presentation]. Society for Research in Child Development 2007 Biennial Meeting. Boston, MA, USA.
• Fu, G., Xu, F., Cameron, C.A., & Lee, K. (2005 March). Cross-cultural differences in children’s moral conceptions of truths and lies [Poster presentation]. Society for Research in Child Development 2005 Biennial Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA.
• Lee, K., Cameron, C.A., Doucette, J., & Talwar, V. (2002). Phantoms and fabrications: Young children’s detection of implausible lies. Child Development 73(6),1688-1702. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8624.t01-1-00499
• Fu, G., Lee, K., Cameron, C.A., & Xu, F. (2001). Chinese and Canadian adults’ categorizations of lie- and truth-telling about prosocial and antisocial behaviors. >ournal of Cross-cultural Psychology, 32(6), 740-747. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022101032006005
• Lee, K., Xu, F., Fu, G., Cameron, C.A., & Chen, S. (2001). Taiwan and Mainland Chinese and Canadian children’s categorization and evaluation of lie- and truth-telling: A modesty effect. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 19(4), 525-542. https://doi.org/10.1348/026151001166236
• Lee, K., & Cameron, C.A. (2000). Extracting true information from lies: The emergence of the representation-expression distinction in preschool children. Merrill Palmer Quarterly, 46(1), 1-20. www.jstor.org/stable/23093340
• Lee, K., Cameron, C.A., Xu, F., Fu, G., & Board, J. (1997). Chinese and Canadian children’s evaluations of lying and truth-telling: Similarities and differences in the context of pro- and anti-social behaviors. Child Development, 68(5), 924-934. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.1997.tb01971.x
Stimulus Set for Studies of Friendship and Patriotism in Verbal Deception
