Case Study 2
1. Most research suggests we are not very good at detecting lying, and we think we’re much better than we are. Do you believe FACS would improve your ability to detect lying in others?
When we look at every day at people in businesses or school or public institutions we tend to judge them unknowingly and form a pattern to detect of action that will happen with their behavior.
We continuously try and evaluate people to see if they are saying the truth or trying to lie and bluff to us. Some professions demand that as a trait for the job such as Police, detective, judges or lawyer services. Even organizations that employ such specialist individuals may be lied to by a set of individuals are trained to fool such organization. Secret service agencies such as CIA, Mossad and other agencies around the world are professionals at such services. Surveys reveal that people are not good at detecting lies and in order to be accurate we need to train ourselves giving ample of time to weigh people’s response and arrive at a conclusion. Several surveys such as of Ekman, Sullivan & Frank (1999) clearly pointed to the fact that only a small percentage of professionals could actually judge accurately whether individuals were saying the truth or lying.
FACS (Facial Action System) is one system which can determine from patterns of facial movement a variety of things and it was developed by Swedish anatomist Carl- Herman Hjortsjo. It was consequently adopted by Paul Ekman and Wallace Friesen. Currently FACS system is regularly used by investigating agencies and behavioral scientist to determine which muscle movement means what.
FACS versatility makes it a unique and time tested method of testing facial behavior and expression to derive its meaning. A manual supplemented with video was published by Ekman Friesen to explain judgment of behavior and determine whether individual is saying the truth or lying.
I do believe that FACS would really help in improving our ability to detect lies
When we look at every day at people in businesses or school or public institutions we tend to judge them unknowingly and form a pattern to detect of action that will happen with their behavior.
We continuously try and evaluate people to see if they are saying the truth or trying to lie and bluff to us. Some professions demand that as a trait for the job such as Police, detective, judges or lawyer services. Even organizations that employ such specialist individuals may be lied to by a set of individuals are trained to fool such organization. Secret service agencies such as CIA, Mossad and other agencies around the world are professionals at such services. Surveys reveal that people are not good at detecting lies and in order to be accurate we need to train ourselves giving ample of time to weigh people’s response and arrive at a conclusion. Several surveys such as of Ekman, Sullivan & Frank (1999) clearly pointed to the fact that only a small percentage of professionals could actually judge accurately whether individuals were saying the truth or lying.
FACS (Facial Action System) is one system which can determine from patterns of facial movement a variety of things and it was developed by Swedish anatomist Carl- Herman Hjortsjo. It was consequently adopted by Paul Ekman and Wallace Friesen. Currently FACS system is regularly used by investigating agencies and behavioral scientist to determine which muscle movement means what.
FACS versatility makes it a unique and time tested method of testing facial behavior and expression to derive its meaning. A manual supplemented with video was published by Ekman Friesen to explain judgment of behavior and determine whether individual is saying the truth or lying.
I do believe that FACS would really help in improving our ability to detect lies