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The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria

A Behavioral Analysis of Lying: Session 191 with Corey Stocco

The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria

Matt Cicoria

Science, Mental Health, Skinner, Behaviorism, Behaviorconsultant, Aba, Behavioralpsychology, Health & Fitness, Appliedbehavioranalysis, Autism, Acceptanceandcommitmenttherapy, Fba, Social Sciences, Verbalbehavior, Bcba, Functionalassessment, Discretetrial

4.8648 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2022

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Why do people lie? It's an age-old question that's been asked for perhaps as long as our species has had verbal capabilities. 

In this episode, Dr. Corey Stocco from The University of The Pacific joins me to discuss the existing scholarship in this area, as more specifically, the work that he and his colleagues have done in this area. Specifically, we walk through a recent paper that was published in Behavioral Interventions, Further Evaluation of Contingencies on Lying About Homework Completion. 

Regarding this paper, we got way into the weeds in terms of how he recruited participants, the data that they had to leave out for space considerations, what they learned from this work, and where they want to go next in looking into the lying/truth-telling dynamic. 

We even talked about how Kevin Luczynski's kid earned reinforcement for peeing on his floor. 

As always, Corey closes out the show with some great advice for the newly minted!

Lastly, on a housekeeping note, if I sounded more nasally than usual, your ears are working correctly. I was battling a cold during the interview, and I hope it wasn't too distracting for the purposes of this interview. 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Have you ever thought about the question of lying, specifically, why do people lie or why do people

0:06.1

tell the truth? You know, these are age-old questions that have probably been asked for eons.

0:12.0

Hey, everyone, welcome to session 191 of behavioral observations. In this episode, I'm joined by

0:16.7

Dr. Corey Stocko from the University of the Pacific, and we discussed the existing scholarship in this area.

0:23.3

More specifically, we talk about the work

0:24.8

that he and his colleagues have done,

0:26.9

and we walked through a recent paper

0:29.3

that he and his colleagues have published

0:31.8

in behavioral interventions.

0:33.1

It's called further evaluation of contingencies

0:35.6

on lying about homework completion.

0:38.5

He's also done some other studies in this area.

0:41.3

We get into the paper and to the weeds of it, as it were.

0:45.1

We talk about how we recruited participants, the data that they had to leave out for space

0:49.4

considerations, what they learn from this investigation and where they want to go next as it relates to looking

0:56.5

into the lying slash truth-telling dynamic. We also talk about how we got into ABA. We kind of

1:02.7

got off on a side track a little bit about facilitated communication. Those are in the beginning

1:07.7

of the episode. We even talked about how Kevin Lewes

1:11.0

Luzinski's kid earned reinforcement for peeing on the floor. You'll have to just stay tuned to

1:16.4

figure out how that ties into this conversation. Corey closes out the show with some great

1:23.2

advice for the newly minted. It's just a really fun episode, so I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

1:30.1

I guess I should say on a housekeeping note, if I sounded more nasly than usual, your ears are

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