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For example, depicting an act of war (an attack) as a "peace" mission or "spinning" a kidnapping as a protective custody. A seventeenth-century story collection, Zhang Yingyu's The Book of Swindles (ca. 1617), offers multiple examples of the bait-and-switch and fraud techniques involving the stimulation of greed in Ming-dynasty China. [7]
Example: In May 1940, Nazi Germany's Army Group B attacked the Netherlands and Belgium. At the same time, Army Group A invaded France by attacking through the Ardennes towards the city of Sedan . Army Group B's attack was a feint intended to disguise Germany's main effort from British and French military leaders.
Motivation impairment effect (MIE) [1] is a hypothesised behavioral effect relating to the communication of deception.The MIE posits that people who are highly motivated to deceive are less successful in their goal (compared to those who are less motivated) when their speech and mannerisms are observed by the intended audience.
This latest example came just one day after he backed away from a false claim that his initiative had thwarted a plan to spend $50 million on condoms for Gaza, conceding that “some of the things ...
Because of this, it is not technically a lie at all since, by definition, there must be an intent to deceive for the statement to be considered a lie. [citation needed] Jocose lies are lies meant in jest, intended to be understood as such by all present parties. Teasing and irony are examples.
1. We Can't Pay You More. It isn't that your bosses can't pay you more: It's that they won't. According to Geoffrey James, author of "Business Without the Bulls***," a company with any cash flow ...
A half-truth is a deceptive statement that includes some element of truth.The statement might be partly true, the statement may be totally true, but only part of the whole truth, or it may use some deceptive element, such as improper punctuation, or double meaning, especially if the intent is to deceive, evade, blame or misrepresent the truth.
Interpersonal deception detection between partners is difficult unless a partner tells an outright lie or contradicts something the other partner knows is true. While it is difficult to deceive a person over a long period of time, deception often occurs in day-to-day conversations between relational partners. [8]