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These people may have a diagnosis called antisocial personality disorder, also known as being a sociopath, and often get into scrapes with the law. Lying often gets worse with the passage of time. When you get away with a lie it often impels you to continue your deceptions.
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Why Do people Lie?, WHY PEOPLE LIE mespace ... Understanding why people lie is critical to understanding the purpose of relationships and learning how to make them better for ourselves and others.
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www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?id=21357
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The flip side of why people lie is for gain: money, power, approval. ... That thought leads to another consideration. Whether people lie depends on their environment -- the likelihood of getting caught and what will happen if they are caught.
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When the question is posed why people lie, seldom does the person asking realize just how complicated that question is. The other day my 12 year old want to know why people, and although I have almost thirty years experience in forensic psychology, I very much labored to answer his inquiry.
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From a very early age, I can remember how telling the truth was an important value in my family. I learned that I was more likely to get into trouble for wrong-doing if I lied about it. The punitive measures were always longer or harder; be...
http://www.helium.com/items/887786-why-people-lie
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Most people lie in everyday conversation when they are trying to appear likable and competent, according to a study conducted by University of Massachusetts psychologist Robert S. Feldman and published in the most recent Journal of Basic and Applied Social Psychology. ... "It's so easy to lie," Feldman said.
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www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/06/020611070813.htm
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The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, said: "Hell in all its fury has visited the good people of Victoria in the last 24 hours, and many good people now lie dead; many others lie injured.
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www.smh.com.au/news/national/many-good-people-lie-dead/...
www.smh.com.au/news/national/many-good-people-lie-dead/2009/02/09/1234027889048.html
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Lost in this immense, complex mess is the root problem most people are missing: the government is gradually becoming the guarantor of seemingly every important aspect of American secular life, creating incentives and bureaucracies that cause failure and invite fraud.
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sistertoldjah.com/archives/2008/09/15/barack-obamas-res...
sistertoldjah.com/archives/2008/09/15/barack-obamas-responsible-only-to-the-people-lie/
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