Big Liars

What Psychological Science Tells Us about Lying and How You Can Avoid Being Duped
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-4338-3751-7
Verlag: American Psychological Association (APA)

Buch, Englisch, 324 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 208 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

Reihe: APA LifeTools

This book investigates the science behind "big liars"- those rare people who use lies as their principal way of navigating life.

Most people are mostly honest, most of the time. And there aren't that many big, pants-on-fire liars in the population overall. But just a few big liars can have an outsized impact on the people around them--ruining personal relationships, bankrupting businesses, and even, when they attain political power, undermining the fabric of society.

Big Liars explores this small but dangerous group through the lens of psychological science. Fascinating new research gives us insight into the nature of dishonesty and dishonest people, explaining who lies, what types of people lie a lot, how often people lie, how big liars are created, how they operate, how we can recognize them, and how we can avoid being victimized by them.

This book has crucial implications for mental health treatment, as well as our efforts to grapple with the effects of big liars--and their big lies--on social movements and society as a whole.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hart, Christian L

Curtis, Drew A

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Psychopathologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Sachbuch, Ratgeber

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Chapter 1. Lying: A Brief History
- Chapter 2. We All Lie
- Chapter 3. How Do Big Liars Form?
- Chapter 4. Big Liars
- Chapter 5. Big Liars All Around Us
- Chapter 6. Big Liars in Relationships
- Chapter 7. How They Do It
- Chapter 8. Who Are the Big Liars?
- Chapter 9. And Then Came the Consequences
- Chapter 10. Strategies for Detecting and Dealing With Big Liars
- Chapter 11. On Being (More) Honest