Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Psychology

Lindenwood University

2016

Emotion

Articles 1 - 2 of 2

Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences

Difference Between Detecting Emotional And Non-Emotional Lies, David De La Cruz Jun 2016

Difference Between Detecting Emotional And Non-Emotional Lies, David De La Cruz

Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal

There are various approaches currently used to detect deception. While many of those approaches encounter different flaws, there is a constant factor that could affect lie detection, intuition. Intuition allows any person to detect some lies, but it also disrupts others, including trained professionals, from accurately detecting deception. When individuals communicate between each other they are able to experience and understand what others are feeling through empathy. Without realizing, people are able to use their intuition, empathy, and emotions to unconsciously detect some deception. However, truth tellers and liars could experience the same emotions regardless of the veracity of their …


The Difference Between Detecting Emotional And Non-Emotional Deception, David De La Cruz Jun 2016

The Difference Between Detecting Emotional And Non-Emotional Deception, David De La Cruz

Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal

From small white lies to great deceptive schemes, lies exist in every part of the society. Being surrounded by lies, people constantly judge the veracity of other individuals’ statements. From parents judging if their kids are being deceptive, to trained professionals trying to detect deception, people can unconsciously use their intuition to catch liars (Brinke, Stimson, & Carney, 2014; Reinhard, Greifeneder, & Scharmach , 2013). Even if trained professionals learn a variety of methods to consciously detect deception, unconscious intuition is always a factor that is present in lie detection because they are also humans. People can unconsciously discover deception …