A Few Prolific Liars: Variation in the Prevalence of Lying
A Few Prolific Liars: Variation in the Prevalence of Lying
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DOI：
10.1177/0261927x14528804
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发表时间：
2015-03-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Levine, Timothy R.
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作者：
Serota, Kim B.;Levine, Timothy R.
在欺骗文献中，断言沟通实践中欺骗的普遍性是很常见的。先前对谎言流行率的研究发现，与诚实的沟通相比，说谎是不寻常的。最近的研究以及对先前报告谎言频率的研究的重新分析表明，大多数人在大多数时候都是诚实的，而大多数谎言都是由少数多产的说谎者说出来的。本文报道了一种区分多产说谎者和日常说谎者的统计方法，并通过检查英国的说谎行为对少数多产说谎者进行了测试。参与者（N = 2,980）接受了调查，并要求报告他们说善意的小谎言和重要的大谎言的频率。毫不奇怪，善意的谎言比大谎言更常见。结果支持并完善了先前关于日常说谎者和多产说谎者之间区别的发现，并讨论了对理论的影响。
It has been commonplace in the deception literature to assert the pervasive nature of deception in communication practices. Previous studies of lie prevalence find that lying is unusual compared to honest communication. Recent research, and reanalysis of previous studies reporting the frequency of lies, shows that most people are honest most of the time and the majority of lies are told by a few prolific liars. The current article reports a statistical method for distinguishing prolific liars from everyday liars and provides a test of the few prolific liars finding by examining lying behavior in the United Kingdom. Participants (N = 2,980) were surveyed and asked to report on how often they told both little white lies and big important lies. Not surprisingly, white lies were more common than big lies. Results support and refine previous findings about the distinction between everyday and prolific liars, and implications for theory are discussed.