Who Spots Lies Better: Trusting or Untrusting People?
A study from the University of Toronto found that people who are more trusting tend to be better at spotting lies than people who are less trusting. In a mock job interview, the highly trusting people were much better at spotting a lying interviewee, and the least-trusting people were actually the most likely to choose an interviewee who lied during their interview.
More facts about lying:
A University of Massachusetts study found that, on average, 60 percent of people lie at least once during a 10-minute conversation, with an average of two or three lies per 10 minutes.
Women generally lie to make others feel better, and men generally lie to make themselves look better.
There are at least 16 different types of lies, including white lies, lies by omission, lies-to-children and noble lies.
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16 different types of lies? Very interesting.
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