“There are 6 and a half billion people in the world, but we all look the same when we

lie.Dilated pupils. Oblique

eyebrows. An upturned lip.The smallest line on your

face.The slightest body

movement.It all tells a story.

It maybe human nature to

LIE TO ME (Season 1, Episode 1, min. 00:00-10:40)

Pre-Watching Discussion:

1. What’s body language or nonverbal communication? Do you pay attention to it while

talking to people? Give examples.

2. How much of our communication lies in body language and how much in words?

3. What does it mean when a person is looking to the right while speaking? What about

looking to the left?

4. How to define if a smile is real or fake?

5. Do you think eye contact is important? Why?

6. What can dilated (enlarged) pupils express?

7. Will you trust the person who answered your question fast or took time to

think before answering more? Why?

8. Lie about something you did yesterday mentioning time.

Watch the episode of “Lie to Me” and answer the questions:

1. Why doesn’t Kyle Lightman have much faith in words? Do you?

2. What kind of facial expressions does he study? Why are they called like that?

3. What were the examples of a person’s body contradicting his/her words in the episode?

What does it mean?

4. Is there a way to tell if surprise is real or a person is faking it?

5. What’s a “scorn”? Is it a good sign if you see it on your friend’s face?

6. What do “oblique eyebrows” and “rigid repetition” mean?

7. Do mircoexpressions vary depending on a person or race?

8. Most people avoid eye contact when they’re lying. Do you agree?

9. Do you believe that the teenager has murdered his teacher? Why?

10. Why did Dr.Lightman tell the attorney Hutchinson he’s better keep the fingers off his

nose?

Answers for Pre-Watching Activity:

1) 87%

2) Eye shifting to the right - creating, fabricating, guessing, lying, storytelling3) Eye shifting left - recalling, remembering “facts”4) Wrinkles around the eyes and corners of the lips, shiny eyes5) Pupils dilated (enlarged) - attraction, desire6) A person who has planned his lie will answer faster than a person who is genuinely recalling the events

as it takes time to recall memory and a person who is lying is likely to want to finish off the story quickly.

7) (lying or exaggeration) + Touching nose while speaking (lying or exaggeration)8) A person who is lying will not be able to recall the event in reverse chronological order of what he had

just described in chronological order unless he has planned his lie and still remembers it. Meaning if a person is lying that he was on mrt at 5:30pm, on bus at 6:05pm, reached home at 6.45pm, had dinner at 7pm, watched TV at 7.15pm, played computer game at 8pm, most likely, he or she is unable to tell the event in reverse order if the lie was fabricated on the spot as he or she would not be able to recall the series of event in reverse-chronological order.