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Context and Relationship

Interpersonal Deception Theory can be utilized in any type of communication. Situations others would seek honesty, but circumstances will not allow them to tell the truth. Many communicators are faced with dilemmas of whether they should tell the truth. Situations include caregivers, they support another individual physically, emotionally, and psychologically. Since patients with Alzheimer’s are reported to have a high rate of emotional stress and about 40 percent suffer from depression, deception when communicating with patient(s) is used to reduce depression amongst the Alzheimer community. Examples of caregivers utilizing the IDT when patient asks for a deceased family member and caregiver has to lie to keep the patient in a secure mindset.

Children are often faced with a dilemma of whether or not the truth should be told, therefore, deception in children varies from situation to situation. Even though children are taught at a young age to not lie, it is with experience they have learned to use deception in certain situations. Research shows that children have negative views on lying but in certain instances it was deemed as acceptable can be as simple as a child expressing gratitude for a gift given by a relative or family friend, even though they do not like the gift.

Other factors before interaction

When it comes to close relationships, deception is not off limits. It is proven that individuals will lie less to whom they have a close relationship with. The closeness of a relationship relies on how frequent lies will occur.

Workplace

Since research has indicated that deception can be detected in different interactions, it may come as no surprise that it is used in the workplace. Relationships in a workplace can be difficult to maintain. In fact, deception is used in all organizational interactions. Example includes whether an individual wants to be viewed a certain way or not by a coworker, also known as Impression Management. People who engage in Impression Management tend to gain promotions and other various advantages that comes along with a positive representation of one’s self. IM can be used when an individual wants to be perceived a specific way by a coworker. Individuals who participate in impression management are more likely to receive positive reinforcements such as promotions, a pay raise, and other advantages that may come with one’s positive representation. Impression management is usually done on purpose for a reason or a goal. The goal of the Impression management is to shape the receiver’s impression.

Impression management (IM) plays a huge role in the preemployment stage. In the job interviews impression management includes various tactics and behaviors to bring a sense of likelihood and competence. One tactic that individuals use in in job interviews is self-promotion, its when an individual explains what skills they have. Studies shows that people who engaged in honest IM are more likely to be offered a job, whereas applicants who used a deceptive IM due to the revelation of the reference or background stage.

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