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A World of Lies

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ID6868802
AuthorsThe Global Deception Research Team
Year2006
Volume37
Issue1
Pages60-74
Publication date2006-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0221 • E-ISSN: 1552-5422
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0022022105282295
PMID20976033
PMCIDPMC2957901
OpenAlexW2147887310
LanguageEN
Citations received64
References cited25

This article reports two worldwide studies of stereotypes about liars. These studies are carried out in 75 different countries and 43 different languages. In Study 1, participants respond to the open-ended question “How can you tell when people are lying?” In Study 2, participants complete a questionnaire about lying. These two studies reveal a dominant pan-cultural stereotype: that liars avert gaze. The authors identify other common beliefs and offer a social control interpretation

Gaze · Interpretation (philosophy) · Linguistics · Lying · Psychoanalysis · Stereotype (UML) · Deception detection and forensic psychology · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychology of Social Influence · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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Citations per year3,2
Citation span2006 - 2026 (21)
Citation velocitycurrent
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