2006-09-21 00:41:36 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Everybody sees things slightly differently. There have been numerous studies done on this especially in relation to eye witness reports for police. They will have a bunch of people watch exactly the same video and ask them to recount what happened, and everyone will tell a slightly different story. Even a straight fact like "What color was the car?" can be interpreted differently - one person's brown may be another's maroon. And if people begin to talk about events, things get very easily lost or completely changed in translation - ever heard of that game when someone whispers a sentence in the first person's ear and then they in turn whisper it to the next person and so on around the room until the last person, and when you ask them what the message was they say something completely different! Fascinating, isn't it?
2006-09-21 00:55:09 · answer #1 · answered by Sandi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not a question of "if." Two people will definitely recall events differently. They are standing at different angles. They know different things. They come from different backgrounds, and a different way of interpreting events. Even if both people were truthful, you would get two different versions of the truth. They will have different things they focus on, and different skill sets.
And that is before even considering that they may be putting a different spin on it or outright lying to affect the outcome.
2006-09-21 07:44:55 · answer #2 · answered by Don't Know 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Lying is only when you are conciously telling an untruth. People recall things differently because they experienced it differently. there are many ways to experience an event depending on your mood, how tired you are, the time of day, etc. People can be mistaken about an event but if they conciously believe it to be true, whether it is or not, then they are not lying
2006-09-21 07:44:55 · answer #3 · answered by timbrock123 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it is very normal for people to recall events differently. We all have our own perceptions of things. If that is what they truly believe why would it be a lie, they just remember it differently.
2006-09-21 07:45:02 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, not always. Each person has their own perspective of the incident. Take a car accident for example, the person in the car that got hit will see things differently than a nearby pedestrian
2006-09-21 07:44:33 · answer #5 · answered by Britt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
Lying is knowingly imparting a falsehood.
If the difference between one persons account, and anothers, is due to perspective or interpretation then you cannot say that one or the other has lied.
2006-09-21 07:50:11 · answer #6 · answered by Vinni and beer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One may not have paid much attention or forgot some details or absorbed less. Lying is intentionally distorting / eliminating/ adding to facts.
2006-09-21 07:46:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily, everyone has their own take on an event
2006-09-21 07:42:51 · answer #8 · answered by wordykat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, one may not be lying.
same event can be narrated differently by two people who have experienced it differently. this happens becoz of their previous experience lending colour to the present experience. we attribute different meaning to the event because of our perception.
2006-09-21 07:53:31 · answer #9 · answered by whatsinaname 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It just points out that every individual is different and each and every one of us sees things in different perspectives. That is why we can't all agree on everything in life!
2006-09-21 07:51:36 · answer #10 · answered by Presea 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋