Lying and deception in everyday life /

Truth and deception - like good and evil - have long been viewed as diametrically opposed and unreconcilable. Yet, few people can honestly claim they never lie. In fact, deception is practiced habitually in day-to-day life - from the polite compliment that doesn't accurately relay one's tr...

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Other Authors: Lewis, Michael, 1937 January 10-, Saarni, Carolyn
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Guilford Press, [1993]
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Table of Contents:
  • Deceit and illusion in human affairs / Carolyn Saarni and Michael Lewis
  • What a tangled web: Deception and self-deception in philosophy / Robert C. Solomon
  • Animals as liars: The human face of nonhuman duplicity / Robert W. Mitchell
  • The development of deception / Michael Lewis
  • The socialization of emotional dissemblance / Carolyn Saarni and Maria von Salisch
  • Sex differences in lying: How women and men deal with the dilemma of deceit / Bella M. De Paulo, Jennifer A. Epstein, and Melissa M. Wyer
  • Looking at oneself in a rose-colored mirror: The role of excuses in the negotiation of personal reality / Sandra T. Sigmon and C.R. Snyder
  • Lying to yourself: The enigma of self-deception / Roy F. Baumeister
  • Lies that fail / Paul Ekman and Mark G. Frank
  • Understanding malingering: Motivation, method, and detection / P. Randall Kropp and Richard Rogers.