Verbal and nonverbal dynamics of privacy, secrecy, and deceit

Author(s)

B.M. DePaulo
C. Wetzel
Weylin R. Sternglanz, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
M. Walker Wilson

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of Social Issues

ISSN

0022-4537

Publication Date

1-1-2003

Abstract

We discuss the ways in which deception can be used to protect privacy, as well as the ways in which claims to privacy can provide the latitude to lie. In their attempts to maintain their own privacy and their secrets, people can be assisted by others who overlook their lies. Habits of honoring other people's verbal and nonverbal claims about themselves, even when they are not totally convincing, and expectations of similar indulgences from others can keep interactions from getting derailed by small interpersonal bumps. But they also enable exploitation in the form of frauds and scams.

DOI

10.1111/1540-4560.00070

Volume

59

First Page

391

Last Page

410

NSUWorks Citation

DePaulo, B., Wetzel, C., Sternglanz, W. R., Walker Wilson, M. (2003). Verbal and nonverbal dynamics of privacy, secrecy, and deceit. Journal of Social Issues, 59, 391-410.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/1195