how to tell if someone is telling lies?

Answer 1

You can't always, and that's the sad truth.
Some lies, however, are more plausible than others. "I won an Olympic medal for freestyle swimming" is something that can be checked. "I began reading Latin at 2" is unlikely. Take every assertion and measure it against what you already know of this person. Also check the motivation - a desire to avoid punishment or to make a profit is a serious motivation for lying.
Most people can't keep the details straight, if the lie is involved. Some people lie as an art form, and these people are really hard to deal with.

Answer 2

Body language generally . It is often easier to tell if someone is lying so socilogistsand psychologists tell us if a phone conversatio is taking place it has to do with halting an d modualtion of the vioce . In eye to eye contact Id lookmfor loking at the floor at a crucial telling time and tugging the ear touching the nose and especcially placing tha hand across the nout throat clearing after having said a lie or having to say something unpleasant
All in all use you rintuition if you think your being lied to most probablyyou are

Answer 3

1. Liars fidget. They fidget a lot.

2. It’s all in the eyes! Liars don’t like to look you in the eye for too long. Or, conversely if a liar is aware of this fact, they may look you in the eye much longer than social norms dictate. Liars also blink less frequently than the norm. Plus shifty eyes...

3. Liars touch their face and mouth a lot. This is something that most liars can’t control even if they are aware they are doing it. It is a reflexive psychological response to being untruthful, a symbolic way of stopping the lies from coming out.

4. More often than not, liars look down when telling a story. It’s as if they are thinking of what to say next. It is a well known and well studied reflexive psycho-social reaction that people who are truthfully recounting a real event look up when trying to recall the details.

5. Liars mix up fine details

6. People who lie tend to get defensive or they take a defensive posture with others when confronted about the lie, even if they are not actually being accused of lying. When you second-guess a liar they are quick to react in anger in order to put YOU on the defensive and deflect attention from the lie at hand.

Answer 4

In the world of sociology, professionals like me have been working on methodology that can help law enforcement agencies, government agencies and even in large businesses. They are doing this to get away from the polygraph machine that merely proves deception. The studies are numerous and the following are the quick indicators from a study performed by a UCLA study by the Department of Sociology.

The following techniques to telling if someone is lying are often used by police, and security experts. This knowledge is also useful for managers, employers, and for anyone to use in everyday situations where telling the truth from a lie can help prevent you from being a victim of fraud/scams and other deceptions.

Warning: Sometimes Ignorance is bliss; after gaining this knowledge, you may be hurt when it is obvious that someone is lying to you.



Signs of Deception:
Body Language of Lies:
• Physical expression will be limited and stiff, with few arm and hand movements. Hand, arm and leg movement are toward their own body the liar takes up less space.

• A person who is lying to you will avoid making eye contact.

• Hands touching their face, throat & mouth. Touching or scratching the nose or behind their ear. Not likely to touch his chest/heart with an open hand.

Emotional Gestures & Contradiction
• Timing and duration of emotional gestures and emotions are off a normal pace. The display of emotion is delayed, stays longer it would naturally, then stops suddenly.

• Timing is off between emotions gestures/expressions and words. Example: Someone says "I love it!" when receiving a gift, and then smile after making that statement, rather then at the same time the statement is made.

• Gestures/expressions don’t match the verbal statement, such as frowning when saying “I love you.”

• Expressions are limited to mouth movements when someone is faking emotions (like happy, surprised, sad, awe, )instead of the whole face. For example; when someone smiles naturally their whole face is involved: jaw/cheek movement, eyes and forehead push down, etc.

Interactions and Reactions
• A guilty person gets defensive. An innocent person will often go on the offensive.

• A liar is uncomfortable facing his questioner/accuser and may turn his head or body away.

• A liar might unconsciously place objects (book, coffee cup, etc.) between themselves and you.


Verbal Context and Content
• A liar will use your words to make answer a question. When asked, “Did you eat the last cookie?” The liar answers, “No, I did not eat the last cookie.”

Answer 5

The main thing I look for is body language. WHat is the person's eyes doing? Are they looking straight at you? Are their hands fumbling around or are their feet shuffling? Do they seem to be searching for the right words? Some people are very good at lieing because they can act completely normal, but everyone has body language that can give them away :)

Answer 6

Watch for the body language. Some people can not look you in the eye when lying. Some twist their hair or tense up. It is rather like playing poker once you know someone's hints on bluffing you have it figured out.

Answer 7

Sometimes they will avoid eye contact or change postures or make different movements that is unlike their norm. Of course the people who lie all the time lose these telltale signs.

Answer 8

professionals typically count eye blinks and different behavior.

For example, if a person blinks 67 times a minutes and then does 90 or 40 then they're lying.

Answer 9

They will usually look everywhere except straight into your eyes when telling a lie.

Answer 10

I once learned that a very common thing that people will do when they lie is that they will look down and to the left.
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