Lying to appear honest might sound like the stuff of tricksters and charlatans, but it’s something many people may do—and not for nefarious reasons
from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of Chicago, and UCLA, people may actually lie to appear honest when they’ve performed extremely well at a task and believe“Our findings suggest that when people obtain extremely favorable outcomes, they anticipate other people’s suspicious reactions and prefer lying and appearing honest over telling the truth and appearing as selfish liars,” the authors write in their paper, published this week in theFor example, in one experiment that used a...
As expected, the participants in the extreme-grades condition significantly underreported their grades, even though it hurt them to do so . When asked about the reasons why the extreme students were likely to underreport, they said things like, “If the TA does not remember the grades, he might think I took advantage of the opportunity to type in the grades,” and, “Because it appears too good to be true.” ’ perception of people who report extremely good scores, and it wasn’t great.
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