Abstract
This research focused on "cheating" arising in a game with rules, and elucidated behavioral transformative processes from the behavioral records of young children who had been continuously observed to cheat. How mutual interaction is connected to primary factors that promote a transformation in the consciousness of the young children was examined. We observed that children experience the following four stages: (1) cheating to bring about a desired situation becomes suspected by surrounding young children due to repetition over a given period; (2) the surrounding young children question and feel discontent towards the cheating, and begin to point it out; (3) the cheater has this pointed out to them, and has the opportunity to consider the meaning and consequences of the actions; (4) the cheating behavior transforms gradually, not suddenly.
