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  2. Pathological lying - Wikipedia

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    Curtis and Hart (2020) defined pathological lying as "a persistent, pervasive, and often compulsive pattern of excessive lying behavior that leads to clinically significant impairment of functioning in social, occupational, or other areas; causes marked distress; poses a risk to the self or others; and occurs for longer than 6 months" (p. 63).

  3. Lie - Wikipedia

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    The fictional character Pinocchio is a common depiction of a liar.. A lie is an assertion that is believed to be false, typically used with the purpose of deceiving or misleading someone.

  4. Stereotypes of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United ...

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    Latino Americans represent approximately 18% of the U.S. population, but only 0.6 to 6.5% of all primetime program characters, 1% of television families, and fewer than 4.5% of commercial actors. [5] That poses the issue that Hispanic and Latino characters are not rarely seen, but even when they are, they are more than likely to be stereotyped.

  5. Dishonesty - Wikipedia

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    A clear test within the criminal law emerged from R v Ghosh (1982) 75 CR App. R. 154. The Court of Appeal held that dishonesty is an element of mens rea , clearly referring to a state of mind, and that overall, the test that must be applied is hybrid, but with a subjective bias which "looks into the mind" of the person concerned and establishes ...

  6. Crime and violence in Latin America - Wikipedia

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    Crime and violence affect the lives of millions of people in Latin America.Some consider social inequality to be a major contributing factor to levels of violence in Latin America, [1] where the state fails to prevent crime and organized crime takes over State control in areas where the State is unable to assist the society such as in impoverished communities.

  7. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour

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    [3] [4] [5] The Book of Exodus describes the Ten Commandments as being spoken by God, inscribed on two stone tablets by the finger of God, broken by Moses, and rewritten by Yahweh on a replacement set of stones hewn by Moses. [6] The command against false testimony is seen as a natural consequence of the command to "love your neighbour as ...

  8. Making false statements - Wikipedia

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    Making false statements (18 U.S.C. § 1001) is the common name for the United States federal process crime laid out in Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code, which generally prohibits knowingly and willfully making false or fraudulent statements, or concealing information, in "any matter within the jurisdiction" of the federal government of the United States, [1] even by merely ...

  9. National Spanish Examinations - Wikipedia

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    3. to assess the national standards as they pertain to learning Spanish 4. to stimulate further interest in the teaching and learning of Spanish Also: Many teachers state that they use the National Spanish Examination to prepare students to take other standardized tests such as AP, IB, SAT II and college placement exams.