LESSON SUMMARY

      • Lie detection
      • Gullible
      • Innocuous
      • Fidgeting
      • Ubiquity / omnipresenсe
      • Inured (INURE SB. TO STH.)
      • Fib
      • Amygdala

 

  • How to see that the person is lying
  • Idiom: deer in the headlights
  • Idiom: the guilty dog barks the loudest
  • Negative Impact of Lie
  • Plausible lie
  • What is lie?
  • Lie of omission
  • Adolescent Lying
  • The task

LIE DETECTION

Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it”

¾ Mark Twain

BOOKWORM – a person who reads a lot

VOCABULARY

GULLIBLE – easily deceived or tricked, and too willing to believe everything that other people say

INNOCUOUS – innocent; completely harmless (= causing no harm)

FIDGETING (Fidget) – to make continuous, small movements that annoy other people

UBIQUITY / OMNIPRESENCE – the fact that something or someone seems to be everywhere

INURED (INURE SB. TO STH.) PHRASAL VERB — If you become inured to something unpleasant, you become familiar with it and able to accept and bear it

FIB – a small lie that does not cause any harm

AMYGDALA – one of two parts of the brain that affect how people feel emotions, especially fear and pleasure

HOW TO SEE THAT THE PERSON IS LYING

WHAT IS LIE?

NEGATIVE IMPACT OF LIE

LIE OF OMISSION – a lie when you purposely don’t tell someone something cause you know they won’t like it

Examples from LIE TO ME

00:06:40 – Uh, flash them at 1/10 of a second.

00:07:01 – Jeff, when you see the angry face,

00:07:03 – Your amygdala, here, lights up.

00:07:06 – We would expect that. It’s primal warrior neurons firing,

00:07:10 – The fight or flight reflexes.

00:19:36 – And that’s when it happened.

00:19:38 – All right. That was good eye contact and posture, Damien.

00:19:40 – But remember, fold your hands to avoid fidgeting.

00:19:44 – Got it.

00:19:46 – How many times did you have sex?

ADOLESCENT LYING

Сhildren tend to lie more

THE TASK