Critical Critique Of The Liars - 1233 Words

Juan Ruiz Psych 30 Cassens Important Writing Critique In this article DePaulo and her fellow researchers try to answer the question â€Å"Do people behave differently when they are lying compared with when they are telling the truth?† They went ahead and combined results of 1,338 estimates and found 158 cues to deception were reported in the study. The results showed that in some ways, the people that were lying were less forthcoming than the truth tellers. The liars also told less compelling tales when asked to explain their reasoning. Cues were also more visible when people were motivated to succeed, especially when the motivations were about themselves rather than money or materialistic objects. This study had also been approached 40†¦show more content†¦Other researcher also went on to explain the specifics of deception as the subject broadened. Zuckerman in 1981 found that liars might also be experiencing a greater sense of arousal than the truth tellers. This was noted by the liars having greater pupil dilation, more frequent speech, increased blinking, as well as a high pitched voice. In 1985 Ekman wrote an article explaining the role of emotions that are involved in deception. When Ekman was able to understand the emotions the liars were experiencing, Ekman stated that it’s possible to predict the behaviors of a liar that differ from truth tellers. He gave an example by showing that the cues that involve fear like speech errors, faster and louder speech, and high pitch gave a greater chance of a liar being pointed out. Ekman also found that liars who felt guilt lying to someone they could trust showed certain behavioral indicators of guilt. In De Paulo’s study she explains that one of the main reasons that it is more difficult to lie than to tell the truth is because when someone is lying they have to fabricate a new and never experienced situation so the probability of error goes way up compared to when someone is telling the truth all they have to do is simply tell the story as is. Liars are also more likely to fail when they know less about their target or the target knows more about the subject at