Scott Rouse

The speaker of the seminar was Scott Rouse, who is a body language expert. He spoke of how his knowledge not only helped with analyzing criminals, but it also helped with analyzing any type of targets related to the business world (S. Rouse, personal communication, October 17, 2015). There are many interesting facts that were discussed in the seminar. Three key facts presented were behavior of the hands, the type of lies, and the importance of listening. People’s hands can give up much more information than intended while communicating. Very small details like finger spacing can tell others if a person is relaxed. The more relaxed a person is, the more space is seen between their fingers. The space between the fingers lessen when a person is tense or uncomfortable (S. Rouse, personal communication, October 17, 2015). Another sign of stress is hand wringing. These hand movements inform an
The first type is omission, which is purposely leaving out information that could affect an outcome. Next is restructuring, which is defined as distorting content. The third type is denial means to not acknowledge the truth. Next is minimization, which is the act of reducing the importance of their story. Exaggeration, the fourth type, is the complete opposite of minimization and refers to adding more to their story to increase the importance of the story. The fifth type of lie is fabrication, which deliberately inventing something false. Finally, the last type of lie is evasion, where the target refuses to answer a question (S. Rouse, personal communication, October 17, 2015). Individuals lie to avoid punishment (S. Rouse, personal communication, October 17, 2015). Fabrication, denial, and exaggeration are recognized by most individuals as lies. However, omission and minimization are usually not considered as lies by most, but an individual would not omit or lessen the importance of a story if there were no punishment