The finding: A sense of power buffers individuals from the stress of lying and increases their ability to deceive others.
The study: Dana Carney divided research subjects into two groups: bosses and employees. Bosses got larger offices and more power; they were asked, for instance, to assign employees’ salaries. Half of all subjects were instructed by a computer to steal a $100 bill. If they could convince an interviewer they hadn’t taken it, they could keep it. The other subjects were questioned as well. In the interviews, lying bosses displayed fewer involuntary signs of dishonesty and stress. On all measures, liars with power were hard to distinguish from subjects telling the truth.
So when you combine this with the power and lying research—
Absolutely! No doubt about it! That guy at the head of the table running your meeting, leaning back in his chair, arms behind his head, he’s going to take risks. He won’t feel as bad about lying to you, and you’re going to have a real hard time telling when he is.
Trump is definitely kind of a lunatic. I don't see the guy really getting too far in all of this. People are taking the guy seriously and I'm not sure why.
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