Would I Lie to You?: Deception Detection in Relationships, at Work and in Life - Couverture souple

Seager, Dr. Paul; Mann, Dr. Sandi

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1905745273 ISBN 13 : 9781905745272

Editeur : Fusion Press, 2008

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Can you tell if someone is trying to pull the wool over your eyes? Deception is all around us. Whether it's our friends assuring us that our radical new hairstyle is great, lovers insisting they have been faithful or marketeers misleading us with extravagant claims, we are barraged with varying forms of deception in our everyday lives. While many of us believe we are naturals at detecting lies, most of us look in all the wrong places for signals of deception. So how can you tell is someone is misleading you - via a well-intentioned white lie or a full-blown scam? With the right tools, inside knowledge from the latest psychological research and a bit of practice, anyone can improve their ability to sniff out lies. In this book psychologists Dr Paul Seager and Dr Sandi Mann debunk the popular myths and show the true methods of lie detection. Learn: * how good you are at spotting lies * the real clues in body language * how to use an 'honest baseline' * the verbal and vocal cues to lying * how to detect the lies of children, friends, lovers, colleagues, customers, clients, con artists, salespeople and politicians Would I Lie to You? is an indispensable guide for anyone who wants both to understand the art of lying and indeed to enhance their lie-detection skills.

Biographie de l'auteur

Dr Paul Seager is a senior lecturer in Social and Forensic psychology at the University of Central Lancashire. His main area of interest is the psychology of deception – why people lie, how they lie, and whether we are good at detecting lies. He has done a lot of media work in this area, discussing all aspects of lie detection. For more information about his academic background and media contributions, please visit his website at: www.uclan.ac.uk/staff_profiles/paul_seager. php. He and Sandi have also developed a training course to improve people’s ability to detect lies. Dr Sandi Mann lectures in Organisational Psychology at the University of Central Lancashire and is a consultant specialising in stress and emotions. She is a regular contributor to various media outlets on these issues, including radio, television, newspaper and magazines. Sandi has conducted researh in the field of deception in the workplace and has recently presented a paper on the topic at the British Psychological Society Occupational Psychology Annual Conference. She has also co-presented with Paul various public lectures in the field of deception. Would I Lie To You? is Sandi’s seventh book.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fusion Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1905745273
• ISBN 13: 9781905745272
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible