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How many times have you lied today? How do you find out when someone is not telling the
truth? How can we improve our ability to detect deception? These are important questions,
for our own well-being and also for professionals in law enforcement and national security.
Deception is the deliberate attempt to tell another person something that is false. There
are both verbal and nonverbal clues to deception, but they are very subtle and not immediately
obvious.
In this class we will discuss the ethical assumptions behind deception, the myths and
misconceptions you may have heard about deception detection, the behaviors that REAL deceivers
use and how to spot a liar, the different questioning approaches that can be used to
uncover deception, and the applications of learning about deception detection, including
intercultural differences and deception in online environments.
Deception is a complex part of human communication, but let's explore it together and try and
understand it more fully. I'm Norah Dunbar, Associate Professor of Communication at the
University of Oklahoma. I hope you will join my class, in which we will explore the answers
to some of these questions and more.
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