How To Spot A Liar Analysis

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A question everyone in today’s society thinks about is; how to spot a liar. As a part of a recent class on interviewing, taken at Lethbridge College, we were given that exact task. First we watched the video “How to Spot a Liar”. Presented by Pamela Meyer. This video gave us a foundation as to the techniques to use in spotting an individual who is being deceitful. The next step was to watch two interviews, which dealt with an individual from both genders regarding the circumstances of separate sexual assault accusations. With the knowledge and techniques we have acquired by doing so, this has given us the ability to analyze, interpret, and critique individuals based on their verbal and non-verbal communication.
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James (Jim) T. Randolph. Mr. Randolph is an uncle to eleven year-old Terry Thompson. The allegations arose after Terry attended a summer camp, and disclosed information about being sexually molested by her uncle. [How to spot a liar interview, n.d.]. In terms of Mr. Randolph’s verbal communication, he was very deflective to all questions; he gave short, awkward responses, paused for a moment before giving any answers, and his tone was very monotone. The tone of his voice, and how he responded to questions, instantly displayed red flags. Someone who is being deceitful typically displays all of these communicative behaviours when telling a lie because they cluster them together. It becomes much harder to keep a story straight when it is a lie so, an individual becomes deflective, and reluctant to expand of his or her responses. [How to Spot a Liar, 2011]. “Lying is an attempt to connect our wishes and fantasies to who we wish we were, with what we are really like”. [How to Spot a Liar, 2011]. By analyzing Mr. Randolph’s verbal communication, we found this quote to be prominent throughout the interview. We believe the manner in which he demonstrated verbal communication during the interview, depicted he was trying to convince himself, his responses were the truth, when in reality this evidence shows …show more content…

We watched two interviews, which dealt with an individual from both genders regarding the circumstances of separate sexual assault accusations. We also watched the video “How to Spot a Liar”. Presented by Pamela Meyer. This video gave us a foundation as to the techniques to use in spotting an individual who is being deceitful. With this foundation, we deem Ms. Stanton to be Truthful in her interview; However, Mr. Randolph we determined to be

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