CMST 2010 Lecture : Deception Notes
Document Summary
Deception violates both relational and conversational rules and is often considered a negative violation of expectations. On any given day, it is highly likely someone will use deception when they talk with you, the trick is knowing how to identify it. Deception includes all communications or omissions that serve to distort or omit the truth. It is intentional . the speaker knows he/she is giving false information. Lies eckman defines a lie as one person intending to mislead another, doing so deliberately, without prior notification and without being asked to do so. Two types of lies: benevolent lies meant to help the other person; preserve the relationship, malicious lies intended to harm another individual. Ways we lie: concealing is when the liar withholds some information without actually saying anything untrue, falsifying an additional step is taken. The liar withholds true information but also presents false information: equivocation indirect or ambiguous statement.
