Author: M. S. Story
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453555544
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Maysha Leblanc's world is taken on an irreversible commute to hell and back when she learns that her husband violated her youngest child's innocence. This revelation triggers her to revisit her own painful childhood experience with her own parents. With the unsolicited help of her alter ego Koko, Maysha takes this painful journey back down memory lane. As a result, She learns a valuable lesson - Underneath The Deception Lies Reality.
Lying and Deception in Everyday Life
Author: Michael Lewis
Publisher: Guilford Press
ISBN: 9780898628944
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
"I speak the truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare...."-- Montaigne "All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.'" -- Tennessee Williams Truth and deception--like good and evil--have long been viewed as diametrically opposed and unreconcilable. Yet, few people can honestly claim they never lie. In fact, deception is practiced habitually in day-to-day life--from the polite compliment that doesn't accurately relay one's true feelings, to self-deception about one's own motivations. What fuels the need for people to intricately construct lies and illusions about their own lives? If deceptions are unconscious, does it mean that we are not responsible for their consequences? Why does self-deception or the need for illusion make us feel uncomfortable? Taking into account the sheer ubiquity and ordinariness of deception, this interdisciplinary work moves away from the cut-and-dried notion of duplicity as evil and illuminates the ways in which deception can also be understood as a adaptive response to the demands of living with others. The book articulates the boundaries between unethical and adaptive deception demonstrating how some lies serve socially approved goals, while others provoke distrust and condemnation. Throughout, the volume focuses on the range of emotions--from feelings of shame, fear, or envy, to those of concern and compassion--that motivate our desire to deceive ourselves and others. Providing an interdisciplinary exploration of the widespread phenomenon of lying and deception, this volume promotes a more fully integrated understanding of how people function in their everyday lives. Case illustrations, humor and wit, concrete examples, and even a mock television sitcom script bring the ideas to life for clinical practitioners, behavioral scientists, and philosophers, and for students in these realms.
Publisher: Guilford Press
ISBN: 9780898628944
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
"I speak the truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare...."-- Montaigne "All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.'" -- Tennessee Williams Truth and deception--like good and evil--have long been viewed as diametrically opposed and unreconcilable. Yet, few people can honestly claim they never lie. In fact, deception is practiced habitually in day-to-day life--from the polite compliment that doesn't accurately relay one's true feelings, to self-deception about one's own motivations. What fuels the need for people to intricately construct lies and illusions about their own lives? If deceptions are unconscious, does it mean that we are not responsible for their consequences? Why does self-deception or the need for illusion make us feel uncomfortable? Taking into account the sheer ubiquity and ordinariness of deception, this interdisciplinary work moves away from the cut-and-dried notion of duplicity as evil and illuminates the ways in which deception can also be understood as a adaptive response to the demands of living with others. The book articulates the boundaries between unethical and adaptive deception demonstrating how some lies serve socially approved goals, while others provoke distrust and condemnation. Throughout, the volume focuses on the range of emotions--from feelings of shame, fear, or envy, to those of concern and compassion--that motivate our desire to deceive ourselves and others. Providing an interdisciplinary exploration of the widespread phenomenon of lying and deception, this volume promotes a more fully integrated understanding of how people function in their everyday lives. Case illustrations, humor and wit, concrete examples, and even a mock television sitcom script bring the ideas to life for clinical practitioners, behavioral scientists, and philosophers, and for students in these realms.
Under the Spell
Author: John David
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1664231838
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Truth: our success in life is most heavily influenced by what we allow ourselves to think and believe, not by circumstances or conditions as we often assume. As a society, our notions of existence, of God (if you believe), of ourselves as physical beings, and of what success is, are distorted. We perpetuate the lie that personal success has to do with “achieving”. We are taught that in pursuing wealth and financial security or popularity and acceptance, we will become okay – when in fact it has the opposite effect. We place our trust in (worship) acquiring things, to be okay, to fill the emptiness inside, and give us a sense of security (money possessions, romance, acceptance, information – personal power), and as we either achieve or fail to reach our goals with these things, we are quietly (subconsciously) perplexed that they do not work. Our existence as a species, our identity, is one of the most important topics we could learn about, and yet it is so perplexing that most of us avoid thinking about it altogether. Every fear, every one of our destructive behaviors, all self-doubt, vanity, guilt, or emotional problems we have – all greed, pride, selfishness, violence, and misuse of sexuality, is directly tied to what we think and believe. An inner dialog of fear, unworthiness, abandonment, or shame can translate to debilitating defeat, because it’s not just thoughts and beliefs that paralyze a person, but changes in the blood chemistry throughout the entire body, within every cell. For you and I everything boils down to what we allow or disallow to shape our reality. This is where the ultimate use of free will occurs. This book explores truths, and some subtle but major misconceptions about existence, about who or what God is, about the principles that guide our universe, about humans in relation to all of it – and about perfect love. It looks at what science, psychology, and the Bible actually say about us, in contrast to the common notion’s society projects. What do you long for? • Do you want to feel complete and filled with purpose? • Would you like to live a balanced life, and have healthy relationships (with yourself, with others, and with money)? • Do you want serenity, peace of spirit, mental and physical health? • Do you want to love others well, and feel loved? There remains today a fog of deception across society that keeps us from clearly seeing the truth. My intention is to shine light on it, to show people some things they are not aware of, and how knowing it can make all the difference between being okay, and not being okay.
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1664231838
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Truth: our success in life is most heavily influenced by what we allow ourselves to think and believe, not by circumstances or conditions as we often assume. As a society, our notions of existence, of God (if you believe), of ourselves as physical beings, and of what success is, are distorted. We perpetuate the lie that personal success has to do with “achieving”. We are taught that in pursuing wealth and financial security or popularity and acceptance, we will become okay – when in fact it has the opposite effect. We place our trust in (worship) acquiring things, to be okay, to fill the emptiness inside, and give us a sense of security (money possessions, romance, acceptance, information – personal power), and as we either achieve or fail to reach our goals with these things, we are quietly (subconsciously) perplexed that they do not work. Our existence as a species, our identity, is one of the most important topics we could learn about, and yet it is so perplexing that most of us avoid thinking about it altogether. Every fear, every one of our destructive behaviors, all self-doubt, vanity, guilt, or emotional problems we have – all greed, pride, selfishness, violence, and misuse of sexuality, is directly tied to what we think and believe. An inner dialog of fear, unworthiness, abandonment, or shame can translate to debilitating defeat, because it’s not just thoughts and beliefs that paralyze a person, but changes in the blood chemistry throughout the entire body, within every cell. For you and I everything boils down to what we allow or disallow to shape our reality. This is where the ultimate use of free will occurs. This book explores truths, and some subtle but major misconceptions about existence, about who or what God is, about the principles that guide our universe, about humans in relation to all of it – and about perfect love. It looks at what science, psychology, and the Bible actually say about us, in contrast to the common notion’s society projects. What do you long for? • Do you want to feel complete and filled with purpose? • Would you like to live a balanced life, and have healthy relationships (with yourself, with others, and with money)? • Do you want serenity, peace of spirit, mental and physical health? • Do you want to love others well, and feel loved? There remains today a fog of deception across society that keeps us from clearly seeing the truth. My intention is to shine light on it, to show people some things they are not aware of, and how knowing it can make all the difference between being okay, and not being okay.
Under Cover
Author: John Bevere
Publisher: Large Print Press
ISBN: 9780786268900
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Based on John's live presentation of the Biblical principles he explored in the book by the same title, Under Cover will help you undertake a serious, Holy Spirit led study of God's authority. Your shield of faith will be strengthened by Biblical awareness in order to protect you from some of the most dangerous arrows of the enemy.
Publisher: Large Print Press
ISBN: 9780786268900
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Based on John's live presentation of the Biblical principles he explored in the book by the same title, Under Cover will help you undertake a serious, Holy Spirit led study of God's authority. Your shield of faith will be strengthened by Biblical awareness in order to protect you from some of the most dangerous arrows of the enemy.
Underneath the Deception Lies Reality
Author: M. S. Story
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453555552
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
Maysha Leblancs world is taken on an irreversible commute to hell and back when she learns that her husband violated her youngest childs innocence. This revelation triggers her to revisit her own painful childhood experience with her own parents. With the unsolicited help of her alter ego Koko, Maysha takes this painful journey back down memory lane. As a result, She learns a valuable lesson - Underneath The Deception Lies Reality.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453555552
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
Maysha Leblancs world is taken on an irreversible commute to hell and back when she learns that her husband violated her youngest childs innocence. This revelation triggers her to revisit her own painful childhood experience with her own parents. With the unsolicited help of her alter ego Koko, Maysha takes this painful journey back down memory lane. As a result, She learns a valuable lesson - Underneath The Deception Lies Reality.
Deception Down Under
Author: Carl Nicks
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 164628383X
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
In Deception Down Under, an American student pilot enrolled in a flight training program on the Space Coast of Florida, is lured into smuggling drugs into the country for a powerful Columbian cocaine cartel out of Miami. This young man went from a young naïve college student, studying aviation management to a full-time pilot for a Columbian cocaine cartel which paid him very well to smuggle drugs into the U.S. from the Bahamas in a twin-engine airplane. The initial glamour and power of the drug world is deceiving until he was arrested and set up to look like a witness against the cartel by a testimony fabricated by his co-defendant. He was lured into doing this in 1984 in Florida at a well known surf spot in the “Space Coast” called Sebastian Inlet. It all seemed so simple and he was living in a utopia world not thinking he was ever going to get caught. It was not until after making a lot of money, and acquiring a glamorous lifestyle that everything did fall apart and he was trapped between the cartel and the law. Afraid for his life, he decided to adopt a new identity and escaped from America to start another life for himself in Australia. He fled to Australia where he re-established himself and built a new exotic life in Queensland on the Gold Coast. The large frontier Down Under is a new test of all of his will to survive on his own in a foreign country where he is a total stranger. As a result of intensive surveillance, monitoring his parents mail, and phone taps, the FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION uncovered his deception. He eventually was placed on the F.B.I.’s Top 10 Most Wanted list and was tracked to Australia where he was eventually deported to Hawaii, and later deported back to the mainland of the UNITED STATES to face drug charges and accept the reality of incarceration. Once imprisoned, he builds an inner strength and knowledge of life that changed him forever. All of these scenarios combined formed a barrier which was very difficult to overcome. In additon, it destroyed the life which he was meant to have as a respected professional and placed overwhelming anxiety and emotional strain on his family. The book is being written to describe the upheaval that occurred in this young man’s life through the use of drugs and the importation of drugs into this country, successfully utilizing the multi-level marketing network which he had developed. It also describes the awesome task of re-entering his former life, now carrying additional baggage, and the struggle he faces in assimilating a REAL LIFE. His story is a powerful testimony for others to learn from, because so many people in today’s world are vulnerable to the deception of “easy money,” whether in the drug culture on Wall Street or main street. It is also a compelling adventure story from the standpoint of someone recreating a life for himself and then being allowed to live it. The underlying theme of the story is that “YOU CAN NOT LIVE A LIE. You cannot discover your own reality until you go back and reweave the fabric of your life.
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 164628383X
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
In Deception Down Under, an American student pilot enrolled in a flight training program on the Space Coast of Florida, is lured into smuggling drugs into the country for a powerful Columbian cocaine cartel out of Miami. This young man went from a young naïve college student, studying aviation management to a full-time pilot for a Columbian cocaine cartel which paid him very well to smuggle drugs into the U.S. from the Bahamas in a twin-engine airplane. The initial glamour and power of the drug world is deceiving until he was arrested and set up to look like a witness against the cartel by a testimony fabricated by his co-defendant. He was lured into doing this in 1984 in Florida at a well known surf spot in the “Space Coast” called Sebastian Inlet. It all seemed so simple and he was living in a utopia world not thinking he was ever going to get caught. It was not until after making a lot of money, and acquiring a glamorous lifestyle that everything did fall apart and he was trapped between the cartel and the law. Afraid for his life, he decided to adopt a new identity and escaped from America to start another life for himself in Australia. He fled to Australia where he re-established himself and built a new exotic life in Queensland on the Gold Coast. The large frontier Down Under is a new test of all of his will to survive on his own in a foreign country where he is a total stranger. As a result of intensive surveillance, monitoring his parents mail, and phone taps, the FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION uncovered his deception. He eventually was placed on the F.B.I.’s Top 10 Most Wanted list and was tracked to Australia where he was eventually deported to Hawaii, and later deported back to the mainland of the UNITED STATES to face drug charges and accept the reality of incarceration. Once imprisoned, he builds an inner strength and knowledge of life that changed him forever. All of these scenarios combined formed a barrier which was very difficult to overcome. In additon, it destroyed the life which he was meant to have as a respected professional and placed overwhelming anxiety and emotional strain on his family. The book is being written to describe the upheaval that occurred in this young man’s life through the use of drugs and the importation of drugs into this country, successfully utilizing the multi-level marketing network which he had developed. It also describes the awesome task of re-entering his former life, now carrying additional baggage, and the struggle he faces in assimilating a REAL LIFE. His story is a powerful testimony for others to learn from, because so many people in today’s world are vulnerable to the deception of “easy money,” whether in the drug culture on Wall Street or main street. It is also a compelling adventure story from the standpoint of someone recreating a life for himself and then being allowed to live it. The underlying theme of the story is that “YOU CAN NOT LIVE A LIE. You cannot discover your own reality until you go back and reweave the fabric of your life.
The Theory of Mind Under Scrutiny
Author: Teresa Lopez-Soto
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031467426
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 741
Book Description
This book is a call to expand and diversify our approach to the study of the human mind in relation to the Theory of Mind. It proposes that it is necessary to combine cross-disciplinary methods to arrive at a more complete understanding of how our minds work. Seeking to expand the discussion surrounding the Theory of Mind beyond the field of psychology, and its focus on our capacity to ascribe mental states to other people, this volume collects evidence and research to point to a more holistic understanding of our own minds, the minds of others, behavior, language, and reasoning. This book therefore illuminates the conceptual intricacy underlying the Theory of Mind. It posits that a wide scope is necessary to make a breakthrough in scientific research towards a full understanding of the nature, function, and development of our capacity to converge on biological processes of the brain towards consciousness, emotion, awareness, and cognition. The volume presents methods, results, critiques, and models intended to provoke debates in various academic disciplines. It is of interest to scholars working in psychology, neuroscience, philosophy of mind, and artificial intelligence.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031467426
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 741
Book Description
This book is a call to expand and diversify our approach to the study of the human mind in relation to the Theory of Mind. It proposes that it is necessary to combine cross-disciplinary methods to arrive at a more complete understanding of how our minds work. Seeking to expand the discussion surrounding the Theory of Mind beyond the field of psychology, and its focus on our capacity to ascribe mental states to other people, this volume collects evidence and research to point to a more holistic understanding of our own minds, the minds of others, behavior, language, and reasoning. This book therefore illuminates the conceptual intricacy underlying the Theory of Mind. It posits that a wide scope is necessary to make a breakthrough in scientific research towards a full understanding of the nature, function, and development of our capacity to converge on biological processes of the brain towards consciousness, emotion, awareness, and cognition. The volume presents methods, results, critiques, and models intended to provoke debates in various academic disciplines. It is of interest to scholars working in psychology, neuroscience, philosophy of mind, and artificial intelligence.
Duped
Author: Timothy R. Levine
Publisher: University Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817359680
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
A scrupulous account that overturns many commonplace notions about how we can best detect lies and falsehoods From the advent of fake news to climate-science denial and Bernie Madoff’s appeal to investors, people can be astonishingly gullible. Some people appear authentic and sincere even when the facts discredit them, and many people fall victim to conspiracy theories and economic scams that should be dismissed as obviously ludicrous. This happens because of a near-universal human tendency to operate within a mindset that can be characterized as a “truth-default.” We uncritically accept most of the messages we receive as “honest.” We all are perceptually blind to deception. We are hardwired to be duped. The question is, can anything be done to militate against our vulnerability to deception without further eroding the trust in people and social institutions that we so desperately need in civil society? Timothy R. Levine’s Duped: Truth-Default Theory and the Social Science of Lying and Deception recounts a decades-long program of empirical research that culminates in a new theory of deception—truth-default theory. This theory holds that the content of incoming communication is typically and uncritically accepted as true, and most of the time, this is good. Truth-default allows humans to function socially. Further, because most deception is enacted by a few prolific liars, the so called “truth-bias” is not really a bias after all. Passive belief makes us right most of the time, but the catch is that it also makes us vulnerable to occasional deceit. Levine’s research on lie detection and truth-bias has produced many provocative new findings over the years. He has uncovered what makes some people more believable than others and has discovered several ways to improve lie-detection accuracy. In Duped, Levine details where these ideas came from, how they were tested, and how the findings combine to produce a coherent new understanding of human deception and deception detection.
Publisher: University Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817359680
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
A scrupulous account that overturns many commonplace notions about how we can best detect lies and falsehoods From the advent of fake news to climate-science denial and Bernie Madoff’s appeal to investors, people can be astonishingly gullible. Some people appear authentic and sincere even when the facts discredit them, and many people fall victim to conspiracy theories and economic scams that should be dismissed as obviously ludicrous. This happens because of a near-universal human tendency to operate within a mindset that can be characterized as a “truth-default.” We uncritically accept most of the messages we receive as “honest.” We all are perceptually blind to deception. We are hardwired to be duped. The question is, can anything be done to militate against our vulnerability to deception without further eroding the trust in people and social institutions that we so desperately need in civil society? Timothy R. Levine’s Duped: Truth-Default Theory and the Social Science of Lying and Deception recounts a decades-long program of empirical research that culminates in a new theory of deception—truth-default theory. This theory holds that the content of incoming communication is typically and uncritically accepted as true, and most of the time, this is good. Truth-default allows humans to function socially. Further, because most deception is enacted by a few prolific liars, the so called “truth-bias” is not really a bias after all. Passive belief makes us right most of the time, but the catch is that it also makes us vulnerable to occasional deceit. Levine’s research on lie detection and truth-bias has produced many provocative new findings over the years. He has uncovered what makes some people more believable than others and has discovered several ways to improve lie-detection accuracy. In Duped, Levine details where these ideas came from, how they were tested, and how the findings combine to produce a coherent new understanding of human deception and deception detection.
The Candle from Under the Bushel
Author: William Hart
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Free thought
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Free thought
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Under the Totem
Author: Michael Eigen
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429909241
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
This book is an extended reverie, reflection, confession, assessment, engagement with psychic reality. It offers further invitation into the mystery at the heart of the human experience that is, at its core, also at the heart of the psychoanalytic journey.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429909241
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
This book is an extended reverie, reflection, confession, assessment, engagement with psychic reality. It offers further invitation into the mystery at the heart of the human experience that is, at its core, also at the heart of the psychoanalytic journey.
Under Cover
Author: John Bevere
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0785269916
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
This well-loved writer effectively uses his personal mistakes to illustrate riveting truths about repentance and forgiveness. As he focuses on the true authority of God, he is careful to explain by example the important difference between "submission" and "obedience".
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0785269916
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
This well-loved writer effectively uses his personal mistakes to illustrate riveting truths about repentance and forgiveness. As he focuses on the true authority of God, he is careful to explain by example the important difference between "submission" and "obedience".