Types of Deception
Deception is a form of communication
that relies on omissions and lies in
order to convince the subject of the
world that best fits the agent. Since
there is communication involved, there
will also be several different types of
deception that could be occurring.
According to the Interpersonal
Deception Theory, there are 5 different
types of deception that are found. Some
of these have been shown in the other
forms of mind control, showing that
there can be some overlapping. The
five main forms of deception include:
Lies: this is when the agent
makes up information or
gives information that is
completely different from
what is the truth. They will
present this information to
the subject as fact and the
subject will see it as the
truth. This can be dangerous
since the subject will not
realize that they are being
fed false information; if the
subject knew the
information was false, they
would not likely be talking
to the agent and no
deception would occur.
Equivocations: this is when
the agent will make
contradictory, ambiguous, or
indirect statements. This is
done to lead the subject to
get confused and to not
understand what is going on.
It can also help the agent to
save face if the subject
comes back later and tries to
blame them for the false
information.
Concealments: this is one of
the most common types of
deception that are used.
Concealments are when the
agent omits information that
is relevant or important to
the context, intentionally, or
they engage in any behavior
that would hide information
that is relevant to the subject
for that particular context.
The agent will not have
directly lied to the subject,
but they will have made sure
that the important
information that is needed
never makes it to the
subject.
Exaggeration: this is when
the agent will overstate a
fact or stretch the truth a
little bit in order to turn the
story the way that they
would like. While the agent
may not be directly lying to
the subject, they are going to
make the situation seem like
a bigger deal than it really is
or they may change the truth
a little bit so that the subject
will do what they want.
Understatements: an
understatement is the exact
opposite of the exaggeration
tool in that the agent is
going to downplay or
minimize aspects of the
truth. They will tell the
subject that an event is not
that big of deal when in fact
it could be the thing that
determines if the subject
gets to graduate or gets that
big promotion. The agent
will be able to go back later
and say how they did not
realize how big of a deal it
was, leaving them to look
good and the subject to look
almost petty if they
complain.
These are just a few of the types of
deception that might be found. The
agent of deception is going to use any
method that is at their disposal in order
to get to their final goal, much like
what occurs in the other forms of mind
control. If they are able to reach their
goal using another method against the
subject, then they are going to do it so
the list above is in no way exclusive.
The agent of deception can be really
dangerous because the subject will not
be able to tell what the truth is and
what an act of deception is; the agent is
going to be so skilled at what they do
that it will be almost impossible to
determine what is the truth and what is
not.
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