ABSTRACT

How do people “suspect” lies? We conducted a study on Japanese university students using the diary method to investigate situations in which people are deceived. We also created a taxonomy of sources of suspicion and examined whether behavioral cues or non-behavioral evidence were more frequently used to develop suspicions about being deceived. Participants were instructed to record their suspicions of being deceived for one week using a voice recorder. Results indicated that the mean number of perceived lies was 1.52 per day. A total of 244 episodes of subjectively perceived lies were classified into ten categories. The results indicated that, rather than behavioral cues, non-behavioral evidence (i.e., “Prior Knowledge about a Specific Person,” “Decisive Evidence,” “Suggestive Evidence”) is more likely to trigger suspicion. Further analysis revealed that behavioral cues were often used with other categories.

摘要

人们如何“怀疑”谎言？我们使用日记方法对日本大学生进行了一项研究，以调查人们被欺骗的情况。我们还创建了怀疑来源的分类法，并检查了行为线索或非行为证据是否更常用于产生对被欺骗的怀疑。参与者被要求使用录音机记录他们对被欺骗的怀疑一周。结果表明，感知到的谎言的平均数量为每天 1.52 个。总共 244 集主观感知的谎言被分为十类。结果表明，与行为线索相比，非行为证据（即“关于特定人的先验知识”、“决定性证据”、“暗示性证据”）更有可能引发怀疑。