With the broadcast of The Traitors series on BBC One, a program in which loyal people are fighting to expose traitors to win a cash prize, we talked to an expert in the psychology of deception on how to lie.
Richard WeizmannProfessor of General Understanding of Psychology at the University of Herfordshire, has an interest in academically and professionally deception – it doubles as a professional magician.
After years of study, Weizmann concluded that lying is “very difficult”, but here he presents his view on what makes the liar good.
A license is authorized
Weizmann says traitors have an advantage because their lies are “banned” – in fact, the contestants were granted permission to deceive. This is much easier than vice versa, and it is an unauthorized lie.
On traitors [lying] He says, “It is encouraged and allowed.”
Lying for some reason – or at least for a reason that convinces the liar that he is fair – will reduce anxiety and reduce some behaviors that may suggest that you are involved in deception. Weizmann says: “The lies that separate us and exploitation, we feel bad towards them, and we must feel bad about them, and this means that all these signals flow.”
Free lies, which are informed in order not to disturb or offend, although it is not strictly approved by it falls within this category because we feel that we are allowed or we are allowed to say.
“It is not a lie that is said to take advantage of it,” Wazman says. “It is a lie that is said to make our lives better.”
“Tell” not always what you think
Although there are “signals” – they are involuntary visual gestures that indicate that the person is lying – they are not necessarily and not necessarily accurate, Wesman says.
“The biggest thing is visual communication. But it is somewhat easy to control how you keep visual communication with someone.
Weizmann says that there is a so -called “poker”, which relates to things like visual communication, rubbing the nose, covering the faces, and rubbing hands together, but these visual signals are actually less accurate.
Verbal signals such as “UMS and AHS”, loss of details and uncertainty, tend to be more accurate. “When you focus on verbal things, then [cues] “I became somewhat more accurate with regard to lying detection,” he says.
There are also “accurate expressions”, for example a short flash of terror covered by a smile.
Make it reasonable
“You have to think about what is reasonable, what they already know, and what questions they will ask, and all of this requires a lot of thinking, frankly,” said Weizmann.
“Good liars are usually somewhat smart, in fact, because they thought about all of this. They are well aware of the signals they send to people.
“Keep it reasonable, this is the key. You don’t want this fictional type of lies. You want things it is better not to spend time to investigate them. This will be the perfect for you.”
Self -control
Weizmann says it is useful that the liar can control his physiological functions, especially when he is under pressure, as is often the case in The Traitors.
“Some people are quick to get angry, while others can think about something and say something else,” said Weizmann.
“I have worked for many years as a professional magician. You lie all the time and sometimes you are busy with things, but what you cannot do is to declare everything and say this is everything. Until you get used to not panic.”
It helps to lie to a strange person
The traitors also have the advantage that they lie to people who do not know them well, and most gestures or behaviors that indicate lying about the “natural” behavior of a person are often deviated from a person.
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The final episode of the third series of The Traitors series will be broadcast on Friday at 10:00 pm 8.30 pm On BBC One and is also available on BBC iplayer