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Detecting Deception

Martin Eykamp

an infographic created as part of Dr. Erchull’s Social Psychology course
(Spring 2021)

Students were asked to “give psychology away” through an infographic designed to educate an audience of their choice about an idea from social psychology that the group would benefit from understanding

TOPIC: detecting deception
AUDIENCE: prospective American voters

Martin_infographic

    Stahlman
    27 Apr 2021
    5:33pm

    Important topic. Question: Is it demonstrably true that lies spread faster than the truth? I know it’s the cliche, but why would this be?

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    Dr. Steckler
    28 Apr 2021
    2:19pm

    Very pertinent topic these days! Are there “tells” that give away liars, or does it depend on how well you know the person if you want to pick up on these “tells”? I agree that the best way to tell the truth with a politician is to verify and research the topic yourself, but aren’t there other things one can do? I also have the same question as Dr. Stahlman above.

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    Alesi Veale
    5 May 2021
    8:30am

    Great topic. I learned a lot from reading your info graph and found it very appealing. It’s surprising that only 50% of people can detect lies.

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    Sierra Hollingshead
    7 May 2021
    5:41am

    I enjoyed reading over your infographic. I liked how you connected lie detecting to politicians and fake news. How do you recommend getting better at detecting lies? Do you think this can be a learned skill?

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