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An honest lie (or confabulation) is defined by verbal statements or actions that inaccurately describe history, background, and present situations. Perjury is the act of lying or making verifiably false statements on a material matter under oath or affirmation in a court of law, or in any of various sworn statements in writing. White lies are ...
Age fabrication occurs when people deliberately misrepresent their true age. This is usually done with intent to garner privileges or status that would not otherwise be available to that person (e.g. a minor misrepresenting their age in order to garner the privileges given to adults).
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Detecting high-stakes liars is often the work of the FBI, and they frequently look to facial expressions, body language and verbal indicators as signals.
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A false allegation can occur as the result of intentional lying on the part of the accuser; [6] or unintentionally, due to a confabulation, either arising spontaneously due to mental illness, [6] or resulting from deliberate or accidental suggestive questioning, coaching of the child, or faulty interviewing techniques. [7]
A list of ways that individuals, families, communities and local organizations and government can help young people and violence prevention. Includes Resource for Action Guide
In The Honest Truth About Dishonesty, Ariely uses several experiments to investigate the nature of dishonesty.In one, he discovers that, a refrigerator in a college dormitory that contains cans of Coca-Cola and dollar bills, the soda cans would disappear faster because taking money would make the students feel more like thieves than taking soda cans.