PSYCHOLOGY --TIME FOR TRUTH

               How  honest  people are  may  be governed by  their body  clock.
"EARLY  TO  BED  EARLY  TO  RISE'  makes a  man healthy wealthy  and  wise. so  the
saying  goes, However it  seems  morning  people  may become  less  ethical  as  the  days  goes  on.

Researchers  gathered  together  a number  of  early  risers  or  "larks"and  a number  of  night owls
who  are prone  to  staying  up  late at  night.They  randomly  assigned  them to  experimental
sessions  from 7  to 8.30  am  and tested  their honesty  by  asking  each participant  to  roll  a die
without  the  researchers  seeing  and  report  back  the  number.A small amount  of  money was
given  in each participant,with  higher  rolls  receiving  a  higher  payout.


According  to  the  laws of probability,the  scores  should  have  averaged  out to 3.5 divided  by  6.
however  larks in the  night  session  reported getting  higher roll  (4.55) than larks  in the  morning
session (3.86)  while  owls in the  morning  session reported  higher rolls  (4.23)  than  owls  in  the  night session  (3.80)

We  assume  the  good people  typically  do  good  things  says  the  study's lead  author.
Christopher  M<Barnes  from the  foster School  of  Business."but there  is mounting  evidencne
that "good"people  can be  unethical  and  "bad' people  can be  ethical.
Depending on  the  pressures  of  the moment".