ABSTRACT
The chapter begins with a monologue regarding one woman’s lying to her husband. It progresses from a discussion of whether lying and deception are socially condemned and then reviews the research on the topic developmentally (early childhood, elementary school, adolescence, and adulthood). The studies included in the chapter employed a range of methods for assessing lying and deception that include TOM measures, temptation resistance paradigm, disappointing gift task, parents’ reports, and self-reports. The designs of the studies ranged from experimental to survey methods. The chapter concludes with the applied focus on detecting deception. The focus highlights the use of microexpressions and training persons for accurately detecting deception.
