Perceptions of Deception
- 1 December 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
- Vol. 6 (4) , 637-643
- https://doi.org/10.1177/014616728064014
Abstract
A study was conducted to identify facial nonverbal behaviors and interactants' perceptions associated with deception. Forty males attempted to deceive both a perceived expert and nonexpert in detecting deception. Subjects were able to effectively, control their facial cues when they, were being deceptive, emitting similar cues when they were lying and telling the truth. However, they glanced more frequently and maintained more eye contact with the expert than the nonexpert. Interestingly, although subjects were confident in their ability to deceive interviewers, in reality they, overestimated their actual success. Interviewers were able to identify both their deceptive and truthful statements at a better than chance level.Keywords
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