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Let Their Words Do the Talking

Verbal cues to detect deception.

Deception
4 Keys to Catching a Liar

Jack Schafer Ph.D. on September 5, 2021

Monitoring conversations for violations of conversational maxims is a simple way to detect deception or identify intentionally withheld information.

Monitoring conversations for violations of conversational maxims is a simple way to detect deception or identify intentionally withheld information.

Media
Why People Like to Gossip

Jack Schafer Ph.D. on June 24, 2021

Gossip typically centers on the negative aspects of a person’s personal appearance, personal achievements, or personal behaviors.

Gossip typically centers on the negative aspects of a person’s personal appearance, personal achievements, or personal behaviors.

Anxiety
Why Keeping Secrets Heightens Anxiety and Depression

Jack Schafer Ph.D. on May 15, 2021

Keeping secrets requires deliberate effort and control and can trigger anxiety. To relieve anxiety, secret keepers feel compelled to tell someone. But who?

Keeping secrets requires deliberate effort and control and can trigger anxiety. To relieve anxiety, secret keepers feel compelled to tell someone. But who?

Law and Crime
Use This Trick to Become a Better Negotiator

Jack Schafer Ph.D. on February 12, 2021

Elicitation works because elicitation techniques are based on behavioral characteristics that predispose people to reveal confidential information.

Elicitation works because elicitation techniques are based on behavioral characteristics that predispose people to reveal confidential information.

Adolescence
Finding the Hidden Truth

Jack Schafer Ph.D. on November 13, 2020

The presumptive statement is a powerful elicitation technique to obtain sensitive information from your kids.

The presumptive statement is a powerful elicitation technique to obtain sensitive information from your kids.

Deception
3 Simple Techniques to Detect Deception

Jack Schafer Ph.D. on September 28, 2020

Performing two cognitively demanding activities simultaneously reduces the amount of cognitive resources required to successfully lie.

Performing two cognitively demanding activities simultaneously reduces the amount of cognitive resources required to successfully lie.

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