Timothy R. Levine
Timothy R. Levine appears on this site as communication researcher, author of Duped and developer of truth-default theory, and co-author of the 2010 paper on the prevalence of lying.
Who they are
The work of Timothy R. Levine reaches this site through the sources listed below. On this site the name is tied to Few Prolific Liars.
Key papers
Levine, T. R. Duped.
Serota, K. B., Levine, T. R., & Boster, F. J. (2010). The prevalence of lying in America: Three studies of self-reported lies. Human Communication Research, 36(1), 2-25. What it reports: Three studies of self-reported lies. In a national survey of about 1,000 adults the average was 1.65 lies in a day, most people reported none, and a small share of people told a large share of all the lies reported; the same skew appeared in a student sample and in earlier data.
Key ideas
Few Prolific Liars: Most lies are told by a small number of people who lie often, while most people lie rarely.
Sources
- Levine, T. R. Duped.
- Serota, K. B., Levine, T. R., & Boster, F. J. (2010). The prevalence of lying in America: Three studies of self-reported lies. Human Communication Research, 36(1), 2-25.