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Lying is a Social Skill, But Should You Use It?
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psychologytoday.comIt is clear that successful lying is a well-developed social skill. People who are effective at other areas of communication skill also tend to make better liars.
In fact, it starts very young. Research by psychologist Robert Feldman found that the higher an adolescent’s (aged 11 to 16) social skills, the more successful they were at fooling adults with their lies. How do successful liars do it? Our own research suggests that socially skilled people simply look more honest than those lacking social skill/competence.
They speak quickly, with few speech hesitations or errors (“ums “and “uhs”), they maintain eye contact, and they tend to have more pleasant, positive-looking faces (think of the smooth, fast-talking salesperson).
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