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15 Ways to Protect Yourself and Others - Week 11, Period 3
Aly glanced over her class, still not sure if they were all ready to be back into the swing of actual classes. Especially after the additional insanity of the past two days. But working was better than not working at trying to get things out of one's head, so she continued on with the lesson plan.
"Those of you who've had my classes in the past will probably recognise this lesson if you were paying attention. It's one of my favourites, and it's not something you learn in one or two hours of study. So we're going to talk about lying. Very few people like to lie," she said. "And there's a difference between liking it and being good at it. But for a number of professions, it's a necessary skill - both to lie well yourself and to be able to tell when other people are lying.
"As probably all of you know, there are plenty of tools - drugs, magic, technology, mental tricks to detect lies or conceal them, but for today, we're going to focus on simpler methods. Observation, body language, the logic of how lies are constructed. You're not always going to have an arsenal of fancy tricks at your disposal and trusting your instincts is the most important."
"So a few of the ways to tell when someone is lying without a fancy trick is to look at their body language. Someone telling a lie usually tends to have limited physical expression, they keep their gestures and movement restrained in an unconscious attempt to be overlooked. He or she will avoid eye contact with the person questioning them. He might also try to place objects - like a book or a coffee cup between him and the person he's lying to.
"Another way to tell is simply by looking at the disconnect between a statement of emotion and the gesture that goes with it. For instance if I say I love you, then smile a beat later, there's a disconnect there that can give you a clue. Someone telling the truth - or an accomplished liar would smile saying 'I love you.'"
She grinned. "All of which is well and good, and excellent to know. So how do you avoid getting caught when you have a need to lie? Pay attention to your body language. Avoid the pitfalls we discussed here and that are on the papers I'm handing out."
"We're going to play a game today that some of you have probably played before. Two lies and a truth. Use the techniques we discussed to feel out other members of the class so you can pick out when they're telling the truth."
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"Those of you who've had my classes in the past will probably recognise this lesson if you were paying attention. It's one of my favourites, and it's not something you learn in one or two hours of study. So we're going to talk about lying. Very few people like to lie," she said. "And there's a difference between liking it and being good at it. But for a number of professions, it's a necessary skill - both to lie well yourself and to be able to tell when other people are lying.
"As probably all of you know, there are plenty of tools - drugs, magic, technology, mental tricks to detect lies or conceal them, but for today, we're going to focus on simpler methods. Observation, body language, the logic of how lies are constructed. You're not always going to have an arsenal of fancy tricks at your disposal and trusting your instincts is the most important."
"So a few of the ways to tell when someone is lying without a fancy trick is to look at their body language. Someone telling a lie usually tends to have limited physical expression, they keep their gestures and movement restrained in an unconscious attempt to be overlooked. He or she will avoid eye contact with the person questioning them. He might also try to place objects - like a book or a coffee cup between him and the person he's lying to.
"Another way to tell is simply by looking at the disconnect between a statement of emotion and the gesture that goes with it. For instance if I say I love you, then smile a beat later, there's a disconnect there that can give you a clue. Someone telling the truth - or an accomplished liar would smile saying 'I love you.'"
She grinned. "All of which is well and good, and excellent to know. So how do you avoid getting caught when you have a need to lie? Pay attention to your body language. Avoid the pitfalls we discussed here and that are on the papers I'm handing out."
"We're going to play a game today that some of you have probably played before. Two lies and a truth. Use the techniques we discussed to feel out other members of the class so you can pick out when they're telling the truth."
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