1. This article is aimed for people all over the world, and quote possibly everyone in the
world. The author of this article (Pamela Meyer) is trying to spark the audience's attitudes by
giving the something to think about, like: how many times do you lie? Do you use the same
language when telling a lie as Pamela says is a sign of a liar (non-contracted denial, distancing
language, or obviously lying body language)? Getting the audience to think about those things
plays a big role in making this article popular and credible. I believe that the audience values the
thought they don’t make the telltale signs a liar makes when they are lying, but in reality, it is
extremely hard to not make those mistakes when you are under pressure and in the face of a
professional with the skills to easily detect a liar. Another belief the audience might have is, their
spouse, wife, boyfriend, or girlfriend would never lie to them, but a married couple will lie to each
other in one of every 10 interactions, and with an unmarried couple that number drops to three
(Meyer, 2011).
There was an article that I dug up from July 2011, the same time Pamela gave her
speech, and it was about a woman named Casey Anthony that was being prosecuted for killing
her 2 year old daughter, Caylee. After six months she was finally ruled not guilty, and this
sparked a huge debate all over social media about whether or not she was lying. The defense
spotted Casey’s lies about everything including the babysitter kidnapping Caylee. The defense
later conceded because Casey was sexually abused and she was taught to lie her whole life. I
don’t believe that Pamela based her speech on that event but there is, obviously, correlation
between the two. The biggest thing I thought was correlating was the defense conceded Mrs.
Anthony’s lies (Alvarez, 2011), and Pamela stating that professional liespotters are armed
specific knowledge on how to detect deception (Meyer, 2011). Why the defense did not stand by
their knowledge of Casey lying, I will never know.

2. References
Meyer, Pamela. (2011). TedTalks: How to Spot a Liar.
https://www.ted.com/talks/pamela_meyer_how_to_spot_a_liar
Alvarez, Lizette. (July 5, 2011). Casey Anthony Not Guilty in Slaying of Daughter.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/06/us/06casey.html?_r=0
Adelson, Rachel. (July/August, 2004). American Psychological Association: Detecting
Deception. http://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug04/detecting.aspx