Duplicate this page before you start, and write your answers in your own copy.

🤥 1. Are all lies the same?

"That haircut really suits you." (Said to a friend who's just had a disastrous cut)

"I'm fine." (Said when you're actually upset but don't want to discuss it)

"The dog ate my homework." (Said to avoid getting in trouble)

✍️ Write here, on your own.

1. What word would you use to describe each of these?

2. Does it matter what we call them? Does the word we choose change what the act actually is?

🎧 2. The podcast

We will listen to the BBC CrowdScience episode "Why do we lie?" together, pausing at two points. The transcript is in the PDF if you want to follow along.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LCgem1OAcE

CrowdScience-20231117-WhyDoWeLie.pdf

BBC World Service - CrowdScience, Why do we lie?

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4oL4kkX7CY5PWXwSt03p9y

🎨 3. Lies by colour

First pause: 7:23, just after the researcher Kang Lee sorts lies into colours.

✍️ Write here, as you listen: what does each colour of lie mean?

1. White lies