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Maureen osullivan was a professor of psychology at the university of san francisco. Good human lie detectors, if there are such persons, are likely to be good intuitive psychologists. If you want to know about how we deceive others, and even more. In this interesting book, michael pettit surveys the historical location of truth and its oppositeby examining a series of encounters among deception, science. A social psychology book very similar to the 48 laws but with real life stories not historical ones. A short, sharp look into some of our most important ego defenses. Truthdefault theory and the social science of lies. Even the most honest people practice deception, with various studies showing that the average person lies several times a day. The author offers thorough, balanced discussions of stereotypes about deception, cues to deception, and specialized systems for uncovering deceit. Deception refers to the actbig or small, cruel or kindof causing someone to believe something that is untrue. The slush pile brigade, which any author should read, and blind thrust, both of which i may just be buying shortly, when i have the cash, in order to see how to do it the right way. The encyclopedia of deception examines lying from multiple perspectives drawn from the disciplines of social psychology, sociology, history, business, political science, cultural anthropology, moral philosophy, theology, law, family studies, evolutionary biology, philosophy, and more. What are some good books to learn psychological hacks. The psychology of attitude change and social influence 6.
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The psychology of cognitive deception kindle edition by hancock, peter. What are some of the best books on deception and social. One of the primary ways that we talk about selfdeception in psychology really comes from sigmund freud, because even though he didnt call his ego defensemechanisms lies, really what he was describing is the human tendency to lie to ourselves in very characteristic ways in how we act and how we think, and then cognitive behavioral preeminent scholars like aaron beck took it from there and. In psychoanalytic theory, ego defenses are unconscious processes that we deploy to diffuse the fear and anxiety that arise when who we think we are or who we think we should be our conscious superego comes into conflict with who we really are our unconscious id. But although self deception is sometimes benign, it can also be dangerous and lifediminishing. How to use and defend yourself from the secret attacks of mental manipulation, deception, covert persuasion techniques, mind control, brainwashing and nlp.