PSY 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Stim, Voice Stress Analysis, Meta-Analysis
29 Sep 2016
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An act intended to foster in another a belief or understanding which the deceiver considers to be false. I know its not true but im telling it to you to be true anyways. Falsification: everything being told is contrary to the truth. Distortions: the truth is altered to fit the liar"s goal. Catching a liar 4 approaches (that usually fail: emotional. Premise that lying causes emotions that differ from those experienced while telling the truth. E. g. may feel fear of being judged as not being truthful. Called leakage hypothesis by ekman - the stronger the emotions experienced by the liars, the more likely that these emotions will leak, leaving visible traces in demeanour. Experiencing emotions when lying can have behavioural consequences. Fear of apprehension causes the experience of stress and arousal. Resulting in: higher voice pitch, increased blushing, sweating, speech errors, guilt causes you to avert your gaze.
