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This was the text of a presentation I did back in 2005 in Denver, Colorado. The presentation was for the then Peoplesoft Emerging Market Translation Team.
The Language of Lies
The Language of Lies
Posted: 1/5/12 12:08 AM ET
It turns out to be difficult to tell when other people are lying. There are lots of cues that we believe will tip us off to whether someone is telling the truth. We expect people telling the truth to be more confident, to look us in the eye when they talk, and to speak more fluently. But, these cues aren’t really reliable indicators of truth telling. Someone might be uncomfortable talking about a topic and look away from you, yet still be telling you the absolute truth.
A nice set of studies by Tom Gilovich, Kenneth Savitsky, and Victoria Medvec in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology in 1998 made this point. They had people answer questions about themselves to a group. Some people were asked to tell the truth, while other people were told to lie. Afterward, the speakers who lied were asked to rate how many people in the room would think they were lying, while those in the audience rated each speaker for whether they were telling the truth or lying. Speakers who were told to lie strongly overestimated how many people would know they were lying. They felt as though the evidence for the lie was leaking out of them, even though the audience actually had a hard time determining who was lying and who was telling the truth.
Teen Texting: Do You Know What The Codes Mean? Chicago Tribune 20/7/2009
By Mandy Murphey
KPC stands for keeping parents clueless. Apparently most parents are clueless when it comes to understanding their teenagers text messages. It is a sign of the times. Teens use slang and acronyms to keep parents in the dark. A recent study in USA Today found the messages that are being sent and received are risque and often an avenue for trouble. The national Center for Missing and Exploited Children conducted the study and found that one in five teens has sexted.
Study: Well placed @*!$&# can ease physical pain, Chicago Tribune 13/7/2009
By Eli Stokols – Reporter
DENVER
Tim Hlavac nearly lost his eye Monday when a grinder got loose on a construction site and hit him in the face, obliterating his safety goggles and leaving an inch-long gash on the right side of his nose.