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truth-default theory: a standalone construct

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Communication

people presume others are honest unless a trigger raises suspicion, which makes lie detection poor.

In communication, truth-default theory refers to people presume others are honest unless a trigger raises suspicion, which makes lie detection poor. This meaning comes from Levine (2014) in Journal of Language and Social Psychology.[1]

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Levine, T. R. (2014). Truth-Default Theory (TDT): A Theory of Human Deception and Deception Detection. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 33(4), 378-392. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261927x14535916

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