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People are deceptive for various reasons. “People may lie to avoid punishment, judgment, or consequences,” Dr. Kerwin says. “Some people lie to prevent harm or negative feelings in others.”
[3] The stories are presented in a way that portrays the liar favorably. The liar "decorates their own person" [9] [12] by telling stories that present them as the hero or the victim. For example, they might be presented as being fantastically brave, as knowing or being related to many famous people, or as having great power, position, or wealth.
(Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies is a 2015 feature-length documentary film directed by Yael Melamede. It explores the reasons why people lie and the methods they use. [1] [2] It features direct testimony, footage and the experimental research carried out by Dan Ariely.
Deception is the act of convincing one or many recipients of untrue information. The person creating the deception knows it to be false while the receiver of the message has a tendency to believe it (although it is not always the case). [1]
I'm Sick. Nearly 60% of workers will call in sick to watch a sporting event, a Kronos survey once found, and while 80% feel bad about it, even that seemingly small lie can cost businesses 8.7%t of ...
While 25% say they don’t lie often, 24% say they lie most of the time, and 6% say they lie all the time. But deceitful hiring managers do notice the impact on employee retention.
The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of ...
Women also lie more often than men about their home towns -- and their names. The survey finds 44 percent of liars come clean by the third date -- and 25 percent only confess when they're caught ...