Deception in Literature

Over the years deception detection has been the focus for research in the field of communication. Deceptive communication has been studied since the late 60’s early 70’s (Miller, Mongeau, & Sleight, 1986, p. 496). Deception detection has been studied in the area of how people can detect lies in general (Park, et al., 2002, p. 144; Anderson, Ansfield & DePaulo, 1997), interrogators and observers and their ability to decipher between truth tellers and liars (Granhag & Stromwall, 2001, p. 603), and deception in romantic relationships (Peterson, 1996, p. 279). Others have explored the difference between deception in heterosexual versus heterosexual/bisexual intimate relationships (Burdon, 1996, p. 77). This paper will propose a problem statement involving detecting deception in marriages, discuss theoretic expectations, review literature on deception detection in close and intimate relationships, and discuss future research priorities. 

Problem Statement