Lying, cheating, and carrying on
Subtitle: lying, cheating, and carrying on developmental, clinical, and sociocultural aspects of dishonesty and deceit
By: edited by Salman Akhtar and Henry Parens.
Contributors: Akhtar, Salman, 1946-; Parens, Henri, 1928-
Series: Margaret S. Mahler series
Publisher: Jason Aronson
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9780765706027; 9780765706034; 9780765706461
Subjects: Truthfulness and falsehood in adolescence
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What it takes to tell a lie / Ruth M. S. Fischer; title: Developmental aspects of lying / Gail Edelsohn; title: Authentication, imposture, and malicious deception / Lucy Lafarge; title: Where does the truth lie? / Harold Blum; title: Lying and deceitfulness in personality disorders / Michael Stone; title: Lies and their detection / Clarence Watson; title: Sociocultural perspectives on dishonesty and lying / Daniel M. A. Freeman; title: Cultures of dishonesty : from hidden cancers and concealed selves to politics and poker / Mark Moore; title: Distortion of truth from white lies to mass murder : a concluding commentary; title: Henri parens.