Is Someone Lying To You About Your Pet?

Research has found that 55% of our communication is through body language. Tone of voice is 38% and only 7% of our communication is verbal content.

How can you tell if someone is being truthful? Here are a few signs a person is:

• Cooperative
• Direct answers
• Open posture
• Composed
• Spontaneous

Deceptive behavior also has its own cues. Here are signs a person is trying to be deceptive:

• Overly polite
• Evasive
• Defensive
• Anxious
• Rationalizing
• Guarded
• Uncooperative
• Mixed messages

Other clues of deception include:

1. A liar might repeat your question (to buy time to think of how to answer)

2. Truthful subjects will often look at you longer than deceptive subjects

3. Liars fidget more often

4. Truthful subjects generally answer questions directly and spontaneously

5. Liars often stall time in order to make decisions about how to answer

6. A liar will use qualifying statements like “As far as I know” or “As God is my

witness.”

7. A liar will use language that distances themselves from the incident such as

“There’s not one minute that goes by that I don’t think about those boys.”