“Look straight into my eyes tell me the truth and not lies”. The exploitation of self-references in shaping self-awareness while constructing deceptive messages: a case study of polish speaking individuals
“Look straight into my eyes tell me the truth and not lies”. The exploitation of self-references in shaping self-awareness while constructing deceptive messages: a case study of polish speaking individuals

Summary/Abstract: To confirm the statement that there is a reduction of first-personal singular pronouns individuals employ while being insincere, a closer look was taken on what kind of effect a manipulation of self-awareness could have on the self-references that people employ while lying. The private self-awareness of the participants was manipulated by using a mirror. It was supposed that a mirror functions as an instrument to reinforce the measurable effects of lying on language. In total, 100 males and 100 females from Poland took part in this experiment. They were randomly divided into two conditions. 50 people took part when the mirror was present and 50 people took part when the mirror was absent. The results indicated that no important effect was observed. The exploitation of first-personal singular pronouns did not decrease when people were deceitful as compared to when individuals were telling the truth, and this effect was not reinforced by the existence of the mirror.

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