Acceptability of Lying as Function of Perceivers’ Motive to Lie, Relative Importance of the Situation, and Closeness to the Person by Faiza Moin, Anila.

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Acceptability of Lying as Function of Perceivers’ Motive to Lie, Relative Importance of the Situation, and Closeness to the Person by Faiza Moin, Anila Kamal, and Aisha Zubair National Institute of Psychology Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan

Introduction People tell lie more or less everyday (Camden, Motley, & Wilson, 1994; Depaulo, Kashy, Kirkendol, Wyer, & Epstein, 1996) Camden et al. (1984), Knapp, Hart, and Dennis (1994), and Nyberg (1993) describe lie as a form of communication skill Millar and Tesser (1988, p. 112), describe lying as “a tool that can be adaptive and essential for the survival and maintenance of social relationships”. A lie is a message from a sender designed to influence a receiver in a certain way (Buller & Burgoon, 1994), and a lie thus should not be regarded as an end but as a means to achieve a certain goal (Miller & Stiff, 1993). Self-oriented lies are told to gain personal benefits and to protect one’s own interests (Antisocial Lies; Depaulo et al., 2004). Other-oriented lies are told to benefit others and to protect other people’s interests, generally labeled as Pro-social Lies (Depaulo & Jordan, 1992) People usually perceive pro-social lies as more acceptable than anti social lies. Hence, there is a need to explore the variability of perceived lie acceptability across situations.

Various researchers have explored lying behavior (e.g., Buller & Burgoon, 1994; DePaulo, Epstein, & Wyer, 1993; Keating & Heltman, 1994; Miller & Stiff, 1993), however empirical foundation of theories on lie behavior is still lacking. Based on the categories defined in the ethical philosophical literature on lying (Lindskold & Han, 1986; Lindskold & Walters, 1983) but lack of empirical exploration (Maier & Lavrakas, 1996; Pope & Forsyth, 1986). Individual differences in lying and deception, and successful lying (Aamod & Custer, 2006; Bond, Malloy, & Arias, 2005; Ekman, 2001; Johnson et al., 2004; Porter, Campbell, Stapleton, & Birt, 2002) Linskold and Walters (1983) provided the typology for lie acceptability, from the most to the least acceptable. For instance, protecting others from harm, disgrace and humiliation, to protect oneself and others from punishment, to make one-self and others look better. Hopper and Bell (1984) revealed that Benign Lies were judged more positively than Exploitive Lies.

Motives Underlying Perceived Lie Acceptability Backbier, Hoogstraten, and Terwogt-Kouwenhoven (1997) found that the social lies are rated as more acceptable than individualistic and egoistic lies. Individualistic lies are rated as more acceptable than egoistic lies. Motivations underlying lying behavior ranged from altruistic to exploitative ones (Lindskold & Walters, 1983) While other researchers have considered target of lie as part of their typologies, and described the types of self, other, and relationally oriented lies (Depaulo et al., 1996; Metts, 1998; O'Hair & Cody, 1994).

Lie acceptability is linked to factors motivating the lie (e.g., Backbier et al., 1997; Lindskold & Walters, 1983; Seiter et al., 2002). Lie acceptability is determined by the combined effect of the motive to lie and the importance of the situation (Backbier et al., 1997) Lie acceptability increases as harm, malice and egoism of the lie decreases (Seiter et al., 2002). Perceived lie acceptability is a function of motive to lie and consequences. And other-oriented lies are generally perceived more acceptable than self- oriented lies.

Rationale Considerable attention has been devoted to the study of the motives underlying lying behavior, its prevalence, acceptance, and impact across close and casual relationships and in different situations Scarcity of empirical research in Pakistan on perceived lie acceptability as function of perceivers motive to lie, relative importance of situation, and closeness to the person To explore perceived lie acceptability by developing an indigenous scale To explore individual and situational factors that might affect the individuals’ perceived lie acceptability Cross cultural comparison in the expression of acceptability of lying, situational and individual factors

Objectives To find the interaction among the motive to lie, relative importance the of situation in which lie occurred, and closeness to the person (person that is lied to) while judging the perceived lie acceptability. To investigate the extent of perceived lie acceptability between self-oriented and other- oriented lies, close friend and university fellow; important and unimportant situations. To determine the gender differences across the perceived lie acceptability To explore the probable differences in perceived lie acceptability between Pakistani and Saudi students.

HYPOTHESES 1.Perceived lie acceptability is determined by the motive to lie, relative importance of the situation, and closeness to the person. 2.Self-oriented lies will be perceived as less acceptable than other-oriented lies. 3.Perceived lie acceptability will be less for close friend than for university fellow. 4.Perceived lie acceptability will be less for important matters as compared to the unimportant matters. 5.Perceived lie acceptability will be more in men than in women. 6.Men will perceive self-oriented lies as more acceptable than women in relation to other-oriented lies.

Samples Purposive sample (N = 204) of men (n = 99) and women (n = 105) was taken from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad The sample comprised 230 respondents but 26 cases were excluded as either the questionnaires were not completely filled or the participants did not meet the inclusion criteria. Age range: years (M = years, SD = 2.63 years). For cross cultural comparison: Purposive sample of 72 medical students (male = 29, female = 43) of King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Age range: years (M = years, SD = 1.65 years).

Instruments Scales No. of ItemsResponse OptionScore Range Alpha Scenario Based Perceived Lie Acceptability Measure 325-point Likert Scale (1 = completely unacceptable to 5 = completely acceptable) Revised Lie Acceptability Scale (Oliveira & Levine, 2008) 87-point Likert Scale

Results There is significant main effect of the motive, F (1, 203) = , p =.000, η 2 =.151, situation: F (1, 203) = , p =.000, η 2 =.161, and closeness to the person: F (1, 203) = , p =.000, η 2 =.127. Perceived lie acceptability significantly different on these variables. Significant two way interaction effect tells us that the type of motive and closeness to the person had a different effect on the perceived lie acceptability depending upon the relative importance of situation and vice versa. While, there is non significant three way interaction effect for motive, situation and Closeness to the person, F (1, 203) = 1.402, p =.238, η 2 =.007. It implies that the combined effect of situation and closeness to the person is same for both the types of lie.

Bonferroni Pair wise Comparisons for the motive to lie, relative importance of the situation and closeness to the person: Respondents rated each level of the independent variable differently. The direction of mean difference showed that the other-oriented lies were perceived as more acceptable than the self-oriented lies, lying to university fellows as more acceptable in comparison to close friends, and the perceived lie acceptability in relatively unimportant situation was greater than in the relatively important situations.

Table 1 Gender Differences on Perceived Lie Acceptability, Self Oriented Lie, Other- Oriented Lie, Close Friend, University Fellow, across Important and Unimportant matters (N = 204) Men (n = 99) women (n = 105) 95% CI Perceived Lie Acceptability MSDM tpLLUL Cohen’s d Total Self oriented lie Other-oriented lie Close Friend University fellow Important situation Unimportant situation

Saudi (N = 72) Pakistani (N = 204) 95% CI Perceived Lie Acceptability MSDM tpLLUL Cohen’s d Total Self oriented lie Other-oriented lie Close Friend University fellow Important situation Unimportant situation Table 2 Cross Cultural Differences on Perceived Lie Acceptability among Pakistani and Saudi Students

Conclusion Main factor in determining perceived lie acceptability was the combined effect of motive to lie and relative importance of situation. Combined effect of situation and closeness to the person is same for both types of lie. Findings revealed that Saudi students rated perceived lie acceptability lower than the Pakistani students. Self oriented lies were perceived as less acceptable than the other oriented lies; lying to university fellows was rated as more acceptable in comparison to close friends and perceived lie acceptability in relatively unimportant situation is greater than in the relatively important situations.

Limitations and Suggestions Sample size was small due to limited resources and shortage of time, so it’s external validity would be low. Therefore, extensive sample size would be considered in future explorations. The present study focused on students’ perceived lie acceptability. It would have been interesting to include more scenarios focusing on different situations and then investigate how perceived lie acceptability would change as a result of situational factors.

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