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Figure 1: Most Common Beliefs About Lying: Study 1
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Figure 2: Beliefs About Lying: Study 2
A world of lies
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January 2006

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Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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This article reports two worldwide studies of stereotypes about liars. These studies are carried out in 75 different countries and 43 different languages. In Study 1, participants respond to the open-ended question “How can you tell when people are lying?” In Study 2, participants complete a questionnaire about lying. These two studies reveal a dominant pan-cultural stereotype: that liars avert gaze. The authors identify other common beliefs and offer a social control interpretation.

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... Previous cross-cultural research on deception can be loosely grouped into five main areas. These include crosscultural beliefs about reliable deception cues (e.g., many cultures incorrectly believe gaze aversion is a reliable indicator of deception: [2]); differences between cultures in the evaluations of lying (e.g., see [3]); cross-cultural lie detection accuracy (e.g., see [4]); the effect of bilingualism on the experience of lying (e.g., see [5]); and lastly, cross-cultural differences in indicators of deception. Of the few studies in the latter group, most have focused on non-verbal behavioural cues (e.g., see [6]). ...

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Can reduced use of pronouns during deceptive versus truthful speech be observed in a language other than English?
A world of lies

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology