Is this stranger someone I can trust? Here a some ways you can develop the skills to be a human lie detector!
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Do you prefer the truth or lies? Well, that’s an easy question. Everyone would rather be told the truth, but how are we supposed to know if we are getting it? Think about it like this, how many people do you meet on a weekly basis? New people enter our lives constantly, and as a man I find it difficult to decide whether or not this stranger is someone I can trust. I naturally want to be able to trust others, even those I do not know, but in today’s world I just cannot do that. We all have been lied to far too often, and blindly trusting others could leave us feeling hurt, annoyed, disappointed, or immature. The fact is: we do not know everyone we meet well enough to tell if they are lying to us…
…Unless you have the proper skills.
This info-graphic will teach you the priceless talent of evaluating others. With these techniques you can tell if someone is trustworthy or not, one of the most valuable lessons we can learn.
I agree with other posters who say that many of the non-verbal cues listed above are also signs of social anxiety and sensitivity. I would also add that many of these reactions would be common in situations where there is an imbalance of ‘power,’ or when a person is afraid — not necessarily guilty. This article forgot to mention that lying can be a symptom of some mental illnesses, and the more disordered the person, the harder it is to detect their lies. I have been lied to by a few people in my life who didn’t display any of… Read more »
The biggest problem with any assertion about detecting deception is that the verbal, non-verbal and paralinguistic cues for deception in many cases are identical to those for sensitivity. Research shows we can’t distinguish between them effectively. In most cases these types of aggregated articles are fun but not really valid in terms of application.
Majority of this is correct. However, avoiding eye contact is the #1 misconception of deception indicators. Generally in conversations, the speaker does less eye contact while the listener does more eye contact. Liars tend to hold eye contact after they’ve told their story to see if the receiving end of the interaction is buying (accepting) their attempted deception. Also, a lot of these claimed physical cues in this infograph are inaccurate. Do the research accurately from precise and creditable sources and find out. Dr. Paul Ekman is the most creditable expert on body language in relations to deception, emotion, universal… Read more »
Lol. You have also pinpointed exactly how to spot someone with social anxiety.