Deceit, delusion, and detection
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Deceit, delusion, and detection
（Language and language behaviors, v. 6）
Sage Publications, c1996
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Bibliography: p. 345-357
Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
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Who tells lies? Where, when, and how? Why do people tell lies, and when are they deemed acceptable? Deceit, Delusion, and Detection is a remarkable book that examines these questions across a variety of institutional and interpersonal contexts. Author W. Peter Robinson explores ways in which people develop their skills of deception and discusses the feasibility and art of lie detection. This volume reveals the cultural biases inherent in varying modes and interpretations of lying, paying special attention to the Western world and its values. Looking at lying from a social psychological perspective, Robinson analyzes it in terms of language and language usage. This book is accessible enough for the general public yet scholarly enough for academia. Deceit, Delusion, and Detection is particularly geared toward advanced students in communication studies and cognate areas such as social psychology, linguistics, or media studies. "Deceit, Delusion, and Detection is appropriate for graduate and postgraduate researchers in social psychology, sociology, and political science. . . . Several of the chapters . . . stand on their own as reviews of the research literature on the development of deception, on lying in face-to-face interaction, and on the history and effectiveness of the polygraph. . . . I have learned much from studying the collage W. Peter Robinson creates in Deceit, Delusion, and Detection." --Marsha D. Walton in Journal of Language and Social Psychology
Table of Contents
Representations of Realities
Children Learning To Lie
Lying Face to Face
Standing Features
Lying Face to Face
General Dynamics
The Polygraph
Falsifications in Societal Institutions
The Mediation of Messages
Falsification in Particular Social Orders and Institutions
Beliefs and Moral Judgments
Whistle-Blowing
Truth and Truthfulness
From Then Till Now
Loose Ends, Strands, and Progress
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