Lying
Lying is the conscious, deliberate alteration and distortion of the truth with the aim of misleading the other person. In this case, lying must be with the aim of misleading the other person and must be conscious. For example, the things I said because I misremembered what I experienced on vacation last summer are not lies. Because my mistakes in expression are not conscious mistakes and my aim is not to mislead the other person.
Lying
Lying in Children
The development of consciousness and thought in children occurs over time. Piaget, who has important studies on the development of thought in children, listed the development of thought as follows:
- 0-18 months sensory motor period
- 18 months-6 years concrete pre-operational period: this d
- Concrete operational period between the ages of 6 and 12
- Abstract operational, cognitive period between the ages of 12 and above
As seen above, it is a period that has not yet reached the cognitive level. The child does not know what is reality, what is a dream or a fairy tale. He cannot know the exact distinction of this, the exact boundaries of reality. He cannot distinguish where reality ends and imagination begins. Since he cannot do these things, children cannot be considered to lie. If a child misrepresents something he has experienced, seen or knows, this does not indicate that he has a pathological lying behavior. It is because he cannot distinguish between reality and imagination. Its purpose is not to deceive you. Sometimes he sees expressing the truth in different ways as a game. He gets a lot of fun from this situation.
Lying in Adults
The words said by people with normal mental level and conscious awareness to distort the truth and mislead the other person are lying. .Mistakes made due to low intelligence, dementia, or forgetfulness are not lies. Pathological lying means lying frequently, even when it is not necessary. In psychiatry, people with personality disorders who lie are frequently encountered. They lie all the time, they forget what they said about what, they are incredible, unreliable people.
What situations increase lying?
- Some types of personality disorders, narcissism, hysterical types, asocial types, borderline personality disorder
- Delusional disorders
- Getting social support from those around them, gaining acceptance need
- The need to reduce the pain of past experiences
- Low self-confidence
Lying as a learning behavior. Having a liar close to your parents can develop lying as a learned behavior.
Psychotherapy can help change behavior in such people.
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