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Nature of Interpersonal Deception
The Diversity of Deceptive Acts
Communication Behaviors and Deception
Detecting Lies in Different Contexts
Miscellaneous
Deception
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Leslie is concerned that her friend is deceiving herself in her daily life. According to our definition, Leslie's friend is ____ deceiving herself. 

What is NOT deceiving herself?

100
People falsify information to appear certain ways. When research was conducted on job applications, it was found that it was fairly common that _______ was used a deceptive tactic. 

What is exaggeration? 

100

Body movements are more or less common when deceiving someone?

What is less

100

People are more accurate at detecting deception from _____ than from friends (on average).

What is strangers?

100

People tend to lie more in ____ interactions than in face to face interactions. 

What is online?

200

In Home Alone, burglar Harry Lime impersonates a police officer to gain information about the McCallister families' vacation. This was a ___-stakes lie? 

What is a High-Stakes Lie?

200
When Calix was feeling sad about his fish disappearing, his mother told him that "the fish went to be with the other fishes," to make him feel better. For what kind of reason did Calix's mother deceive? 

What is some lies benefit the hearer? 

200

Connor told a lie, saying that he found a new cell phone on the side of the road. When you question him about it later, he says his sister found it. This is an _____ story, a common behavior when lying.

What is inconsistent. 

200

This type of person is more successful at lying than introverted people. Hint: not extroverted.

What is expressive?

200

When Ellie was telling a high-stakes-lie, her behavior was observed. What would a social psychologist such as Bella De Paulo say about Ellie's nonverbal communication? 

What is less believable? 

300

Deception is not just the transmission of words, but the transmission of ______. 

______ can be conveyed by words, but also by nonverbal cues. 

What is information. 

300

There are four defined form of deception. Falsification, Exaggeration, and Equivocation are all forms of deceptive acts. What is the last form of deceptive act, that is made when leaving out important information? 

What is omission?

300

Long pauses, filler words, longer response times to questions are all examples of this type of common behavior error during deception.

What are speech errors?

300

_____: when someone who is being honest is perceived as lying because they seem suspicious. 

What is Othello error?

300
Deception is especially common in the service of ____.

What is politeness?

400

To qualify as deception, a communitive act must have three basic elements. What is one of those elements? 

What is (1. 2. or 3.)?

The sender must _____.

1. know the information is false 

2. be transmitting the information on purpose

3. attempting to make the receiver believe the information. 


400

A form of deception that involves omitting certain details that would change the nature of the story if they were known.

What is Acts of Dissimulation? 

400

____ is the tendency to assume, in the absence of evidence, that the person you are communicating with is telling the truth. 

What is the truth bias?

400
This doesn't help someone lie better, in fact, it can make them more nervous and impair their ability to succeed in their lie. 

What is motivation?

400

Research has found that participants lied more in emails than in handwritten messages. One study found that participants felt more justified and less guilty lying in emails. How much more likely was it found for participants to lie in emails than in handwritten messages? (Hint: The percentage is in fourths, George Washington's face is on one)

What is One-Quarter (25%)?