Lie Detection Cheat Sheet
Dear Friend, Here is a list of just a few of the hundreds of lie detection tips you’ll find in our multi-media publication entitled “How to Detect Lies and Liars”. It is my gift to you. I hope you enjoy it. Take care,
Tim Schmidt Delta Media, LLC
Lie Detection Check list A liar often reverts to denial under stress, and qualifies responses with words and phrases such as “To tell you the truth...”, “To the best of my knowledge...”, “Ordinarily...”, and “Frankly...”. A liar may try to diffuse the situation by making light of it through humor or sarcasm: “Yeah John, I’m having an affair! I’m also a millionaire!” Rambling Dissertation: The person’s verbal response contains information called for in the question, in addition to the subject , supplies much more information than is necessary to adequately answer the question: “Who did you have lunch with on Saturday?” “I had lunch with Lisa- we ate at Margo’s cafe- I had the chicken salad sandwich and Lisa had the soup and salad...” Watch the eyes: 90% of the time, when a human recalls something visually that we have actually experienced, the eyes go up and to the left. If they are making something up that they “saw”, their eyes will usually move up and to the right. It is a little-known fact but the nose is the most stress-sensitive body part. Itching, touching, pinching- all are indications of stress. Everyone touches their head to varying degrees, but the deceptive and stressed person will usually touch it more. An innocent person will be unafraid to discuss the matter- they will WANT to clear their name. A guilty person will seek to change the subject or make you feel guilty for bringing it up: “I can’t believe you’re going to bring this up again!”, or “Why are you beating this to death? We already discussed this.” The liar will subconciously try to put objects between him or herslef and you- folding arms or crossing legs and leaning back away from you are physical signs of this. When confronting the person, set two chair up facing eachother in close proximity. When the person sits down, see if they try to slide their chair away from you, or to turn it around so that the back of the chair is a buffer between you and him or her. The innocent person will usually not even think about things like this, but to the liar, distance and a buffer zone are a huge comfort. They may even choose to face to your left or right! Most people will try to avoid directly telling a lie. Will the person flat out deny an accusation? Or do they manipulate words to step around the issue at hand? “If I was having an affair, do you think I’d be dumb enough to leave his number in my recent calls list?” “If I had taken that money, do you think I’d have come into work today?” You need to establish a ‘baseline behavior’ for an individual before you can determine whether or not they are lying. This could mean getting to know them for months or years, or it could simply mean asking them some easy-to-answer questions first and gauging their ease of response, and comparing that to the ease of response when you ask them tougher questions: “How was your drive into work today? That’s good to hear- did you have a hard time finding a parking spot again? Ha, that sucks... So where did you go to lunch today? Did you go alone?” If the response or attitude changes from casual and collected to frantic and searching- the person has become stressed, and stress is a sign of deception.
Tim Schmidt Delta Media, LLC
Lie Detection Check list A liar often reverts to denial under stress, and qualifies responses with words and phrases such as “To tell you the truth...”, “To the best of my knowledge...”, “Ordinarily...”, and “Frankly...”. A liar may try to diffuse the situation by making light of it through humor or sarcasm: “Yeah John, I’m having an affair! I’m also a millionaire!” Rambling Dissertation: The person’s verbal response contains information called for in the question, in addition to the subject , supplies much more information than is necessary to adequately answer the question: “Who did you have lunch with on Saturday?” “I had lunch with Lisa- we ate at Margo’s cafe- I had the chicken salad sandwich and Lisa had the soup and salad...” Watch the eyes: 90% of the time, when a human recalls something visually that we have actually experienced, the eyes go up and to the left. If they are making something up that they “saw”, their eyes will usually move up and to the right. It is a little-known fact but the nose is the most stress-sensitive body part. Itching, touching, pinching- all are indications of stress. Everyone touches their head to varying degrees, but the deceptive and stressed person will usually touch it more. An innocent person will be unafraid to discuss the matter- they will WANT to clear their name. A guilty person will seek to change the subject or make you feel guilty for bringing it up: “I can’t believe you’re going to bring this up again!”, or “Why are you beating this to death? We already discussed this.” The liar will subconciously try to put objects between him or herslef and you- folding arms or crossing legs and leaning back away from you are physical signs of this. When confronting the person, set two chair up facing eachother in close proximity. When the person sits down, see if they try to slide their chair away from you, or to turn it around so that the back of the chair is a buffer between you and him or her. The innocent person will usually not even think about things like this, but to the liar, distance and a buffer zone are a huge comfort. They may even choose to face to your left or right! Most people will try to avoid directly telling a lie. Will the person flat out deny an accusation? Or do they manipulate words to step around the issue at hand? “If I was having an affair, do you think I’d be dumb enough to leave his number in my recent calls list?” “If I had taken that money, do you think I’d have come into work today?” You need to establish a ‘baseline behavior’ for an individual before you can determine whether or not they are lying. This could mean getting to know them for months or years, or it could simply mean asking them some easy-to-answer questions first and gauging their ease of response, and comparing that to the ease of response when you ask them tougher questions: “How was your drive into work today? That’s good to hear- did you have a hard time finding a parking spot again? Ha, that sucks... So where did you go to lunch today? Did you go alone?” If the response or attitude changes from casual and collected to frantic and searching- the person has become stressed, and stress is a sign of deception.
