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1. AVOIDING BAREFACED LIES                     Lack of commitment
                                                                                                                                                                                   Concealment. omission and evasion
                                                                                                                                                                                   Deliberate ambiguity
                                                                                                                                                                                   Subjective truth
                                                                                                                                                                                   Objections rather than denials
                                                                                                                                                                                   Generalisations
                                                                                                                                                                                   Failure to deny

                                                                           10. ADMISSIONS AND
                                                                           CONFESSIONS

                                 Admitted lies                                                                                                                                     AVOIDING THE BAREFACED LIE                     FAILURE TO APPEAR  Alleged incapacity
                                  Obvious lies                                                                                                                                     Alleged memory failures                                           External justification
                               Contradictions                                                                                                                                      Deliberate ambiguity                                              On own responsibility
Changing an explanation to fit "new"                                                                                                                                               Reducing the significance of a topic
facts                                                                                                                                                                  2. LACK OF  Subjective truths                              FAILURE TO ANSWER                Sequence violations
                    Unintended disclosure                                                                                                                              COMMITMENT  Self deprecation                               Inconsistent coverage of topics  Allocation of story time
                                                                                                                                                                                   Projection                                                                      Omission of a topic
                                    False alibis                                                                                                                                   Referral
                                 False excuses                                      9. FALSIFICATION                                                                               Prevarication                                            DELIBERATE
                     False detail                                                                                                                                                  Omission                                                 Reluctance to provide detail
           Inconsistent detail Detail                                                                                                                                              Evasion                                        OMISSION  Failure to volunteer
                 Missing detail                                                                                                                                                    Contextual clarification                                 Discontinuity statements
                                                                                                                                                                                   Suppression of detail                                    Unopened or unclosed actions
      False supporting evidence                     Convincing                                                                                                                                                                              Inconsistent and missing detail
Irrelevant supporting evidence                                                                                                                                                                                    3. CONCEALMENT

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Diversionary admissions

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Rambling answers       General
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Layering
                           Subjective truths
                                    Projection                                                                                                                                                                                    EVASION   Limited answers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Admitting only what is provable
                         Permission phrases         8. Minimizing anxiety                                                                                                                                                                   Focusing on non issues
                               Self deception                                                                                                                                                                                               Generalisations
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Rehearsed answers
                            Self deprecation                                                                                                                                                                                                Focusing on non-issues
                 Diversion to safe ground
REDUCING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A                                                                                                      FALSIFY THE CONTENT                                                                           CONTRIVED ANGER
RESPONSE                                                                                                                                                                                                                          LEGITIMISATION
                                                                                                                                                                    -
                               Referral statements                                                                                                                                                                                FALSE PROMISES
          AVOIDING BINARY ANSWERS                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Evidence
                                                                                    Failure to deny                                                                                                                                                  Explanations
                           Using soft words
                                 Prevarication                             Passive reaction to accusations                                                                                Seeking permission to answer
                                                                                                                                                                                          Promising to produce "evidence"
                    inappropriate humour                                   Declining strength of denials                                                               SUBMISSIVENESS     Permission phrases                                                                                 Signs of Deception 113
             AVOIDING COMMITMENT

                                                     Partial denials                Pseudo denials
                                                    Generalisations
                                                                                                                                                                       Flattery
                                                                                    Objections                                                                         MISPLACED HUMOUR
                                                                                                                                                                       OFFERS TO CONFESS
                                                                                    Conditional denials     7. DENIAL

                                                                                    Unsolicited denials                             4. FEIGNED COOPERATION                                                                         Question with a question
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Repeating the question
                                                                           General                                                                                                                       Contextual clarification  Seeking additional information
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Praises the question
                                                    In addressing critical issues   Prevarication                                                                      RESPONDING WITH A QUESTION

                                                    Softening denials

                                                                           Motivational denials                                                                                                          Other questions
                                                                            Unjustified support
                                                                                                                                                                       PRAISING THE QUESTION
                                                                                                                                                                       ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS

                                                                           Inside knowledge of critical issues         6. Abnormal  5. ASSERTIONS OF VIRTUE                        Religious assertions
                                                                                    Failure to seek clarification      assumptions                                                 Ethical assertions
                                                                                                                                                                                   Other

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