The International Journal of Indian Psychology ISSN 2348-5396 (e) | ISSN: 2349-3429 (p) Volume 2, Issue 2, Paper ID: B00345V2I22015 http://www.ijip.in | January to March 2015
Psychology of Lying Farisha. A. T. P1, Sakkeel. K. P2 ABSTRACT: Lying is a part of communication and a form of social behavior which is involved in interacting with others. Lying means saying a statement that he/she knows themselves as false to others to whom he/she want to perceive it as true. It can be explained by different psychological principles of psychodynamic theory, humanistic theory, behavior theory etc. Lying arises from hedonistic nature of humans that to avoid pain and to increase pleasure. It can be also seen that we lies not only for personal gains but also for others gain too. That is to avoid harm affecting ourselves and to avoid hurting others. Lying can be accepted if it saves someone’s life-ourselves or of others.
Keywords: Psychological factors, Lie INTRODUCTION: Lying is a form of deceiving others verbally. It is a part of our behavioral response in communicating with others. It has long been a part of everyday life. We can't get through even a single day without telling lies. It is a consistent feature of human social behavior. We are not aware of all the lies we tell. We people lie most the time in our daily life, afraid of other people finding out the truth about us. We lie mostly to our parents, partners, friends, supervisors and so on to whomever else with whom we interact. We lie for many reasons. Sometimes to get rid of the troubles or sometimes to escape from the responsibilities. We think of the possible shame or threat occurring when the truth is revealed. So we find possible solutions in the form of lies. It is a lazy way to solve a problem. Research on the self-reported frequency of lying indicates that in the course of their normal daily activities, people lie in about 25% of their interactions with others (DePaulo & Bell, 1996; DePaulo & Kashy, 1998; Kashy & DePaulo, 1996). The difference in lying only exists in its severity, the frequency and target or the reasoning behind the lies. Lie of omission can also be seen which means simply remaining silent with a deceptive intention. Lying can take two forms also, a response to short term issue which requires little planning and long term lying which requires much planning.
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(Lecturer in Psychology, School of Behavioral Sciences, Kannur University. Raz complex, Kakkad road, South Bazar- Kannur 670002., Kerala. 2 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, WIRAS College, Kannur University. Kerala. © 2015 I Farisha A, Sakkeel K; licensee IJIP. This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.