How To Tell If Someone Is Lying

How to tell if someone is lying
This report will review the different ways of telling if someone is lying without the verbal need of asking, it is generally hard to know if someone is lying unless the truth is already known of or they have told you it is a lie, this will concentrate by observing the person throughout conversation.
After reviewing the theories a hypothesis will be created and carried out in investigations to determine whether it is right or not;
Hypothesis: a subject’s reaction to a question is linked to them lying in their answer
Null hypothesis: the subject’s reaction to a question will have no effect on the answer
What is lying? Lying is an action when people try and mislead you, they answer with something that they
By doing this it will show if their reaction towards the question is linked to their answer. Looking for fidgeting, twitching, looking away and other things, to know if they are lying also taking in account their eye movement as an extra account to back up my findings. The reason eye contact is used is to back up findings because throughout all the findings it is recommended when deciding if someone is lying to take more than one sign into account as some habits may be natural, due to a medical issue or an ethical command.
An example of a yes or no question asked is; ‘Did you have dinner last night?’
An example of an open question asked is; ‘Do you ever think about things that you are embarrassed about therefore don’t want anyone to know?’
Analysis of results from lie detection questionnaire: questions 1-5 are all base questions so that there is familiarity with the natural reactions of the participant when being asked questions, therefore analysing from questions 6-10 as these questions are ones that have been wrote up to cause a recordable
This subject had a very introverted personality; he was very quiet with the questions he did answer. When asked what his religion was he looked away when answering. This may show a form of embarrassment or being ashamed of it, he then refused to answer when I asked how religious this may show that he is embarrassed or he knows what he should answer but doesn’t want to. When asked to recall something he isn’t proud of he refused to look at me even when told he must remain eye contact he then refused to answer the question this shows the possibility that he is ashamed of something or that he has been pressured into believing things he has done are wrong and shameful. He also refused to answer questions 7, 8 and 9, this shows that he doesn’t like sharing any of his personal feelings or thoughts with anybody even when told all answers are confidential and won’t go further.
Subject 6;
Subject six was a 19 year old male who is ambidextrous. This subject is the only subject who wasn’t a stranger to the person questioning him this gave a baseline level of trust between them this affected his answers they were confident and answered with the only hesitation was when asked something he was not proud of he began to fidget with his trousers and shoes, this shows that he had something to hide as he was fidgeting with something at a different eye level therefore hiding his face and emotions.
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