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Pamela Meyer: How to Spot a Liar

Pamela Meyer: How to Spot a Liar
TED and The Huffington Post are excited to bring you TEDWeekends, a curated weekend program that introduces a powerful "idea worth spreading" every Friday, anchored in an exceptional TEDTalk. This week's TEDTalk is accompanied by an original blog post from the featured speaker, along with new op-eds, thoughts and responses from the HuffPost community. Watch the talk above, read the blog post and tell us your thoughts below. Become part of the conversation! Watch Pamela Meyer's talk above about the science of "lie spotting" and how it can lead to a more honest world. Lying: Even t-shirts know how bad it is. The other day a guy walked past me wearing a t-shirt with two words on it: "Everybody lies." Of course it's true. But our deception epidemic is not all cute, funny, and kind. High-stakes lying is out of control. "A lie has no power whatsoever by its mere utterance; its power emerges when someone else agrees to believe the lie." -- Pamela Meyer Our tolerance for truthiness has increased.

Bella lounging in the yard How to tell if someone is telling a lie or lying: Viewzone We have all met people who were dishonest and avoided eye contact. It has been said that "the eyes are the mirror if the soul." Many people know that their eyes betray their lies. Some try to conceal the truth by wearing sunglasses of looking down at the ground. Eventually, you will confront someone and need to know if they are being honest. The following are some general patterns that you can use when talking to someone. Here is a more detailed explanation of this method: Up and to the Left: Indicates a visually constructed Images. Up and to the Right: Indicates a Visually Remembered Images. To the Left: Indicates an Auditory Construct thought. To the Right: Indicates an Auditory Memory. Down and to the Left: Indicates a Feeling / Kinesthetic / Sensory impression that is being created. Down and To the Right: Indicates an Internal Dialog. How to use this information to detect a lie? Let's say that you have a friend who owes you some money for women's self defense classes. Comments?

10 Psychology Tricks You Can Use To Influence People Before we get started, it’s important to note that none of these methods fall under what we would term the dark arts of influencing people. Anything that might be harmful to someone in any way, especially to their self esteem, is not included here. These are ways to win friends and influence people using psychology without being a jerk or making someone feel bad. Trick: Get someone to do a favor for you—also known as the Benjamin Franklin effect. Legend has it that Benjamin Franklin once wanted to win over a man who didn’t like him. Scientists decided to test this theory and found that those who were asked by the researcher for a personal favor rated the researcher much more favorably than the other groups did. Trick: Ask for way more than you want at first then scale it back later. This trick is sometimes known as the door in the face approach. Trick: Use a person’s name, or their title depending on the situation. Trick: Flattery will actually get you everywhere. Offer They Can’t Refuse

7 Social Hacks For Manipulating People 1. Whenever someone is angry and confrontational, stand next to them instead of in front of them. You won’t appear as so much of a threat, and they eventually calm down. 2. Open with “I need your help.” 3. 4. 5. 6. The 48 Laws of Power Version simple EN Law 1 Never Outshine the Master Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. In your desire to please or impress them, do not go too far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish the opposite inspire fear and insecurity. Make your masters appear more brilliant than they are and you will attain the heights of power. Law 2 Never put too Much Trust in Friends, Learn how to use Enemies Be wary of friends-they will betray you more quickly, for they are easily aroused to envy. They also become spoiled and tyrannical. Law 3 Conceal your Intentions Keep people off-balance and in the dark by never revealing the purpose behind your actions. Law 4 Always Say Less than Necessary When you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control. Law 5 So Much Depends on Reputation Guard it with your Life Reputation is the cornerstone of power. Everything is judged by its appearance; what is unseen counts for nothing.

Les gestes qui vous trahissent Orientation du regard, mouvement des mains, balancement du corps... Autant d'attitudes et gestes anodins qui traduisent votre état d'esprit. Décryptage. C'est parce qu'on ne les contrôle pas vraiment qu'ils transmettent beaucoup d'informations à vos interlocuteurs. En un mot, vos gestes parlent pour vous. La gestuelle est un langage non-verbal et inconscient que l'on peut apprendre à décrypter. Les mains attestent de votre discours Si les Italiens sont très bavards et parlent à grand renfort de gestes des mains, ils demeurent néanmoins cohérents dans leur attitude. Des regards qui en disent long Le regard est ce qui est le plus expressif dans un visage. La gestuelle associée au discoursObservez par exemple une personne qui vous pose une question. Des micro-caresses apaisantesCertains gestes indiquent que la personne à besoin de se rassurer, l'aident à se sentir bien, à se détendre. Un masque identitaire L'expression du visage exprime souvent ce qui ce passe en vous. Ça vous démange ?

Utiliser l'effet Barnum pour manipuler et séduire - Never Be Lied ! Introduction Le nom de l’effet Barnum vient de Phineas Taylor Barnum, un entrepreneur de spectacles américain. Cet effet a été énoncé par le psychologue Paul Meehl, à cause de deux phrases qu’a dit Phineas T. Barnum : « à chaque minute naît un gogo », « il faut réserver à chacun un petit quelque chose ». Qu’est-ce que l’effet Barnum ? Cet effet est aussi appelé « effet Forer », grâce à l’expérimentation qu’a effectué Bertram Forer, un psychologue américain. Vous avez besoin d’être aimé et admiré, et pourtant vous êtes critique avec vous-même. En lisant cette description, vous vous êtes peut-être vous aussi reconnu. Comment utiliser l’effet Barnum pour manipuler et séduire ? Nous arrivons enfin à la question principale. Connaissez-vous ce dont vous avez besoin pour séduire une femme ? Une femme que vous venez de rencontrer pourra être séduite grâce à quelques mots s’ils sont bien choisis. Mise en situation par l’exemple Vous : Bonjour, puis-je m’asseoir à cette place ? Vous voyez ?

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