VANDALISM, STEALING, LYING AND HURTING PEOPLE, PART C LYING AND CHEATING (FROM VANDALISM, STEALING, LYING AND HURTING PEOPLE, 1977 - SEE NCJ-56047)

• NCJ Number: 56050
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 0 pages
• Corporate Author: Learning Tree Filmstrips
• Sale Source: Not Available Through National Institute of Justice/NCJRS Document Loan Program; Learning Tree Filmstrips
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

LYING AND CHEATING AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THESE BEHAVIORS TO THE PEPETRATOR AND THE VICTIM ARE THE TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS FILMSTRIP WITH AUDIOCASSETTE DIRECTED AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS.

Abstract

TWO SISTERS RECALL AN INCIDENT IN WHICH LYING ENDED THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN TWO BOYS; THEY TALK ABOUT WHY PEOPLE LIE, THE SERIOUSNESS OF LYING, LYING TO GET ONE'S WAY, BLAMING OTHERS FOR THINGS THAT WERE ONE'S FAULT, LYING BY STAYING SILENT WHEN SOMEONE ASKS WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR AN ACCIDENT, MAKING UP STORIES TO IMPRESS FRIENDS, AND CHEATING ON A TEST IN SCHOOL. THE FILMSTRIP SET EMPHASIZES THAT ALTHOUGH LYING AND CHEATING SEEM TO BE MINOR OFFENSES, THEY ARE SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THEY CAN HURT PEOPLE'S FEELINGS, DEPRIVE OTHER PERSONS OF THEIR FREEDOM OF CHOICE AND THE RIGHT TO KNOW THE TRUTH, GIVE FALSE IMPRESSIONS WHICH CAN WORK AGAINST THE FORMING OF REAL FRIENDSHIPS OR DESTROY EXISTING FRIENDSHIPS, HURT THE LIAR'S CREDIBILITY, AND ARE UNFAIR TO THE PERSON BEING LIED TO OR USED IN A CHEATING INCIDENT. FEAR OF BEING CAUGHT AND PUNISHED FOR LYING AND CHEATING ARE ONLY SUPERFICIAL REASONS FOR NOT ENGAGING IN THIS BEHAVIOR. (DAG)