![]() ![]() In an ideal world, one would always know who to trust and who not to trust, who and what to believe and not to believe. Yet, being excessively trustworthy also bears risks, because others might take advantage for their own benefits. Interpersonal trust ensures individuals’ well-being, the achievement of their own aims, and the longevity of social units such as families, communities, and institutions. Without trust, we would constantly experience problematic relationships within and between social groups. Firstly, we must assume that other group members are trustworthy and bare no threat, so that we can engage in effective communication. Living in groups comes not only with advantages though. These results suggest that social trust and norms shape our beliefs about our own lie detection abilities.Įvolutionary approaches highlight that living in social groups is key to being successful in our environments. Then, lower out-group trust and higher social desirability levels predicted higher self-reported lie detection abilities. In both studies, mean self-reported lie detection abilities were above chance level. We assessed personality traits (Big-Six personality traits, Dark Triad), empathy, emotional intelligence, cultural values, trust level, social desirability, and belief in one’s own lie detection abilities. In two online studies, we tested whether individual differences account for variance in self-reported lie detection abilities. Understanding this paradox is important because decisions which rely on credibility assessment and deception detection can have serious implications (e.g., trust in others, legal issues). ![]() However, when asked to evaluate their own abilities, people report being able to detect lies (i.e., self-reported lie detection). On the group level, people detect others’ lies at guessing level. ![]() Previous literature on lie detection abilities bears an interesting paradox. ![]()
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