Saturday, March 17, 2012

The common thread between the lies and Popularity

Psychologists from the University of Massachusetts, United States, Robert S. Feldman found an association between a lie and popularity among students (young people). The study by Robert S. Feldman was published in the latest issue of the Journal of Nonverbal Behavior.

"We found that lies made
​​by the students actually show that the student has a high capability of social control", says Feldman.


Feldman conducted a study of 32 elderly people in middle and upper level students between the ages of 11 to 16 years, and provides a questionnaire that contains various information about the activities of their children, social relationships, as well as the ability of their children in school. Based on these data, students were grouped into two groups, ie groups that have a low degree of socialization, and groups that have a high degree of socialization. The students in both groups were asked one by one to perform tests on the savory flavors in a sweet drink, and drink and drink sour odor. Then they were asked to convince the inspectors that they like or do not like what they drink. This makes the student is making a statement is true and one false statement.

Activity was recorded in the form of video and edited in a balanced way into certain parts. To 48 students-64 are shown the tape to the activity test was to evaluate the effectiveness of the students express their reactions when tasted the drink served in a test. The result was contrary to the tests done drinking, age, gender of students who were tested, and socialization skills as said parents of students pre-tested.

"We want to get that high social skills that will make a person more easily deceive others, or that being a big liar would make someone more famous," says Feldman.


Research shows that teenagers are better able to lie adolesen compared with younger adolescents. Young women also found to be more able to lie than young men. At all levels of age and gender, those with higher social skills were more potentially significant to be a big liar. When lying, they are better able to control the facial expressions, body movements, tone of voice, and eye contact. While they are not good socialization skills, had little difficulty in controlling his behavior when lying.

"This study shows us that it is not realistic if we always hope that people will always tell the truth. Actually we do not want to accept this fact. Children at a young age to always think and say sweetly polite in all circumstances, despite the fact that they say not a real honesty. That way, they can be received well by the environment, getting a place, and the increasingly popular ", says Feldman.

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