Fear caught lying delight duping delight

Feelings about Lying to Someone

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Excerpt from Emotions Revealed The three emotions most frequently experienced by people when they are lying are fear, guilt, and somewhat surprisingly, delight.

The fear of being caught lying is the most common emotion felt about engaging in a lie. But fear is only generated when the stakes are high.

Even then, not all lairs will fear being caught lying. If the target of a person’s lie has a reputation for being gullible, or if the liar has been repeatedly successful in the past in telling just such a lie to his or her target, or a person very similar to the target, it is unlikely that the liar will feel or express fear.

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