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    Amardeep Kaur English 1100 Professor Joakin Nilsson 5 June‚ 2012 The Ways We Lie Summary In “The Ways We Lie‚” Stephanie Ericsson presents the idea about how lies exist in the everyday aspects of our lives. She describes ten different forms of lies that individuals use. She defines a lie as “a false statement or action especially made with the intend to deceive” on page no.409 of Bedford Reader. In her essay she argues that everybody lies and tries to find excuses to

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    ’Dogs are faithful and they do not lie’. Honesty and trust are important to Christopher. In The Curious Incident of the Dog in Night-time it’s shown how honesty and trust is important to Chris. It is shown throughout the book as a major theme and how lies and deceit tear families apart‚ break down a person’s mental stability and how important they are to maintain a relationship with not only family but how telling the truth is the basis of being able to love someone and by extension‚ the ability

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    One Small Lie Can Turn Into One Big Problem In my personal experiences‚ lying does not seem very appealing. I had to learn the hard way just how much of a negative effect a simple lie can have on a person. From all of my experiences of lying and seeing lies occur‚ or hearing stories of someone lying‚ I have learned that there really is no point in lying. One small lie you tell someone could cause many different outcomes. Whether it’s just a small fabrication or a huge fallacy‚ or even if it seems

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    In the current social context‚ some people say that lying is a form of dishonesty. They live so truthful that they never lie. The truth is good. But in my opinion‚ there are circumstances in which it is better to lie. Basically‚ there are two purposes of lying‚ which is lying with an evil motive and lying with a good intention‚ or more commonly called as “white lies”. Unquestionably‚ one should always abstain oneself from cheating‚ as it involves gains for one party in the sacrifice of

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    Should Lie Detection be Admissible in Court? A Review of Literature Abstract Typical deceptive behavior does not exist and there are no perfect methods for deception using Behavioural or content analysis indicators. This report aims at critically evaluating psychological research on Lie Detection procedures. The report focuses on Behavioural indicators of deception with explicit reference to Ekman’s Emotion Theory (1992) and the common verbal and non-verbal cues to deception

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    lying and deception as ways to keep him from feeling the same pain he felt after Allie died‚ which prevents personal situations. Due to Holden’s dislike for situations on the personal level in The Catcher in the Rye‚ by J. D. Salinger‚ he decides to lie and deceive everyone in order to direct attention away from himself‚ prevent others from revealing his own faults‚ and to keep himself out of trouble. Holden Caulfield uses lying and deception as a way out of personal situations in order to direct

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    changes in physiological processes such as heartbeat‚ blood pressure‚ respiration and electrical resistance (galvanic skin response or GSR). The polygraph is used as a lie detector by police departments‚ the FBI‚ the CIA‚ federal and state governments‚ and numerous private agencies. The underlying theory of the polygraph is that when people lie they also get measurably nervous about lying. The heartbeat increases‚ blood pressure goes up‚ breathing rhythms change‚ perspiration increases‚ etc. A baseline

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    Is It Right to Lie? "If you continue in my word‚ then you are truly disciples of mine; and you will know the truth‚ and the truth will make you free‚” (John 8:32). When you are able to just tell the truth a huge burden will be lifted off your shoulders‚ and make your life a whole lot easier rather than a complete mess. Seen through Kant’s eyes‚ when you’re truthful‚ not a lot of situations will be difficult for you‚ but once you become that deceiving and lying type of person‚ you often will have

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    Forced To Lie

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    According to the western dictionary‚ a lie is to make an untrue statement with the intent of deceiving (Lie‚ n.d.). The Army unconsciously self-created an environment that forces the majority of the Soldiers to lie. Since leaders of all levels expect their subordinates to comply with ridiculous amounts of mandatory training requirements‚ the reality is that it is nearly impossible to do it and it is mainly because of the lack of time. This will push any Soldier to use creative thinking to complete

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    essence. Writer’s often stratigize realism in their work so visualization and relation is in grasp by their readers. The use of heavy description and dialogue accomplishes the sense of realism. "The Untold Lie‚" by Sherwood Anderson‚ displays the art of realism. While Anderson wrote "The Untold Lie" in the early 1900s‚ his character Windpeter Winter shows the same charateristics as men in society today. Every man loves action‚ Old Windpeters death was very intense‚ "He got drunk one evening in town

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