#TYPES OF LIARS PATHOLOGICAL TRIAL#

While I do not dispute the existence of pathological liars and individual who are victims of self-deceit, it is difficult to establish (and has not been the focus of my research).

It is also a term that has become popularized by the general public. While there is no current specific psychological diagnosis, it is a behavior that has been linked with a few different personality disorders (such as APD or BPD). It refers to the chronic behavior of habitually or compulsively lying, often without a clear reason for doing so. The term pathological lying dates back to medical literature in 1891 by Anton Delbreuck.

#TYPES OF LIARS PATHOLOGICAL TRIAL#

Natural liars, highly skilled in deceit but not without conscience, should be able to capitalize upon their talent in certain professions-as actors, salesmen, trial lawyers, negotiators, spies, or diplomats. Unlike psychopaths, they did not use their ability to lie to harm others. There was nothing anti-social in their make-up.

Unlike psychopaths, however, the natural liars did not show poor judgment, nor did they fail to learn from experience. The natural liars in my experiment did not differ from the others in their scores on a variety of objective personality tests. When looking at their past, the behaviors may look like normal children lying –fooling their parents, teachers, and friends whenever they want to - but using this as practice to develop the confidence, soon feeling little or no deception detection apprehension. Natural liars know about their ability, and so do those who know them well. Natural liars are people who lie easily and with great success. These individuals, while gifted with various skill-level, all had the remarkable ability to control their facial expressions of universal emotions nearly (and, for some, completely) flawlessly. During my research into deception and nonverbal communication, I discovered a small population of people I would come to refer to as “natural liars”.

Types of liars pathological