10 ways to "point out" liars

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Lying is a common behavior in daily life. There are lies that seem simple and harmless, but there are also lies that hurt and harm others. So how to detect a person is lying?

1. What is lying?

Lie is a word to refer to statements, words that are not true on purpose. Lying is a fairly common behavior among people of all ages. It can develop during childhood and persist into adulthood. However, the reason for lying will vary with age. Lying is one of the earliest antisocial behaviors in children. Lying can sometimes be accompanied by fraud and/or theft. When this behavior occurs frequently and over a long period of time, it can indicate a serious problem and psychological instability.

2. Common types of lies

Lying for social good happens to protect others or to help others. Lying is meant to enhance one's self to avoid consequences such as shame, disagreement, or reprimand. Selfish lying is used to protect oneself or to conceal wrongdoing. Antisocial lying is lying with the intentional intention of hurting another person. Watch now: Lying makes the brain work more

3. 10 ways to spot liars

3.1 Inconsistency When you want to know if someone is lying, look for inconsistencies in what they are saying. The latter's disagreement or even opposition to the former is a sign that they are lying.
3.2 Ask the other person the unexpected When communicating, watch carefully and then ask the other person a question they didn't anticipate to motivate them, confuse them, and reveal loopholes.
3.3. Judging by Routine Behavior One of the most important signs of dishonesty is changes in behavior. Pay attention to someone who was previously very nervous, but now looks calm, or vice versa. The way to detect lies is to evaluate their behavior based on everyday behaviors and expressions. Is a person's behavior far from the way they normally act? If that's the case, that means something isn't right.
3.4 Looking for a sincere emotion Most people can't fake a smile. They won't be able to pretend for too long about their feelings. You can easily spot a fake smile combined with a worried or angry face. Fake emotions are a sign that they may be trying to hide something.
3.5 Pay attention to your intuition Your intuition is not always right and is often subjective and prejudiced. However, intuition or instinct is not a "nonsense" response. It is in itself an assessment of what you have experienced or thought before. Therefore, you should not ignore it, but try to evaluate and adjust it appropriately for each situation.
3.6 Watch for very small, fleeting expressions of the other side A fleeting expression is a very brief expression, usually around 25 seconds, and is always a hidden emotion. So, when a person is pretending to be happy, but is actually really upset about something, for example, their true feelings will subconsciously reveal a flash of anger on their face. . Whether the hidden emotion is fear, anger, happiness or jealousy, that feeling will appear on the face in a flash. The trick is to pay attention to it.

3.7 Look for Contradictions Anything that shows inconsistency between a person's voice or gestures and what they're saying could be a sign of a lie. For example, when a person says “Yes, she was the one who took the money” but they shake their head slightly – the expression is “no”. It was a gesture and it was the complete opposite of what they were saying in words.
3.8 Feelings of discomfort When someone doesn't make eye contact and behaves differently than usual, it could mean they're being dishonest. They look away, they sweat, they look uncomfortable... anything that is out of the ordinary and shows anxiety can be indicative of liars.
3.9 Too much detail When you ask someone “Oh, where have you been?” and they say "I went to the store and I need to get eggs, milk and sugar and I almost hit a dog so I had to slow down" and so on, they give you too many details. It could show that they put a lot of thought into how to get out of the situation and that they created an elaborate lie as an excuse.
3.10 Don't ignore the truth It's more important to realize someone is telling the truth than to try to find a loophole and think they're lying. Because in life you can meet many people who look like they are lying but they are actually telling the truth. While it may sound confusing, finding the truth buried under a lie can sometimes help find the answer to an important question: Why would someone lie?
10 tips above are how to spot someone who is lying. However, do not rush to judge or criticize them, but try to find out the reason and meaning behind those lies. Since not all lies are bad, they may just lie to help and protect others.
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Reference sources: webmd.com, healthline.com