The Art of Deception Reading Answers

The Art of Deception Reading Answer is an academic reading answers topic. The Art of Deception Reading Answers has a total of 14 IELTS questions. In the question set you have to choose the correct letter. In the next question set you have to complete the summary by writing the correct answer from the given options. In the last question you have to state whether the statement agrees with the writer's claim from the passage.

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Section 1

THE ART OF DECEPTION

DO TINY CHANGES OF FACIAL EXPRESSION SHOW WHETHER SOMEONE IS TELLING LIES?

 

Forty years ago, the research psychologist Dr Paul Ekman was addressing a group of young psychiatrists in training when he was asked a question, the answer to which has kept him busy ever since. Suppose the group wanted to know, a particular patient swears they are telling the truth. They look and sound sincere. So here is the question: is there any way you can be sure they are telling the truth? Ekman did not know the answer then, but wanted to find out.

As part of his research, he had already filmed a series of 12-minute interviews with psychiatric patients. In a subsequent conversation, one of the patients told him that she had lied to him. So, Ekman sat and looked at the film but saw nothing noteworthy. Then he slowed it down and looked again. Then he slowed it even further. And suddenly, there, across just two frames of the film, he saw it: an intense expression of extreme anguish. It lasted less than a 15th of a second, but once he had spotted the first expression, he soon found three more examples in that same interview. He termed his discovery "micro-expression: very rapid intense demonstrations of emotion that the subject intended to be concealed.

Over the course of the next four decades, Ekman successfully demonstrated a proposition first suggested by Charles Darwin: that the ways in which we express rage, disgust, contempt, fear, surprise. happiness and sadness are universal. The facial muscles triggered by those seven basic emotions are, he has shown, essentially standard, regardless of language and culture, from the US to Japan and Brazil to Papua New Guinea. What is more, expressions of emotion are Impossible to suppress and, particularly when we are lying, micro-expressions of powerfully felt emotions will inevitably flit across our face before we get the chance to Stop them,

Fortunately for liars, most people will fail to spot these fleeting signals of inner torment of the 15,000 Ekman has tested, only 50 people, whom he calls "naturals", have been able to do it. But given a little more training, Ekman says, almost anyone can develop the skill. He should know, since these tests were completed in the mid- 1980s and the first publication of his research, he has been called in by the FBI and CIA (among countless more law-enforcement and other agencies around the world), not just to solve cases, but to teach them how to use his technique for themselves. He has held workshops for defense and prosecution lawyers, health professionals, even jealous spouses, all of them wanting to know exactly when someone is not being 100 percent candid.

Most recently, Ekman's research has resulted In a new television series about the exploits of the fictional Dr Cal Lightman, a scientist who studies involuntary body language to discover not only if you are lying. But why might you have been motivated to do so? According to the publicity blurb, Lightman is a human lie detector, even more accurate than a polygraph test. Ekman concedes he was skeptical when the producer first approached him with the idea of turning his life's work into a TV series, and initially would have stopped the project if he could. In particular, he was fearful that the show would exaggerate the effectiveness of his techniques and create the quite inaccurate impression among audiences that criminals could no longer hope to get away with lying. In the worst-case scenario, he was concerned about unfair convictions, that one day someone not properly trained in his techniques might be sitting on a Jury and wrongly find someone guilty of a crime simply on the basis of a television programme. In the end though, he was won over because the series is unusual in several respects. It is the first time, as far as Ekman is aware, that a commercial TV drama has been based on the work of just one scientist. That scientist is also deeply involved in the project, talking through plot ideas and Checking five successive drafts of each script to ensure details are Correct, He was also impressed with the producer's manifestly serious and well-intentioned reasons for making the programme. Now that the first series has been completed, he believes probably 80-90 per cent of the show is based on fact and that's good enough for what is. After all, a drama, not a documentary.

Ekman, incidentally, professes to have been a terrible liar ever since he was a small boy and observes that the ability to detect a lie and the ability to lie successfully are completely unrelated. He has been asked by people running for high office if he could teach them to become more credible with the public but has always refused to use his skills in that way on ethical grounds. He also insists that there are various kinds of lies. A "true" lie can be identified by having two essential characteristics: there must be a deliberate intent to mislead and there must be no notification that this is what is occurring. This means that an actor or a poker player isn't a true liar. They are supposed to deceive you, it's part of the game, and the same is true of flattery. He prefers to focus on the kinds of lies where the liar would be in grave trouble if they were found out, and where the target would feel properly aggrieved if they knew.

Questions 27 - 31

Choose the correct letter.

27. According to the writer, Ekman became interested In lying after a question from his

A. peers.

B. patients.

C. students.

D. teachers.

Answer: C

Supporting statement: In a subsequent conversation, one of the patients told him that she had lied to him.

Keywords: patients, lied

Keyword Location: Para 2, Line 2

Explanation: According to the text Ekman became interested in lying only after one of his patients had confessed to him that they had lied to him during one of their sessions.

28. The writer refers to the 12-minute interviews in order to

A. illustrate how frequently patients lie.

B. describe the origins of Ekman 's theories.

C. compare Ekman's research to previous studies.

D. show how patients behaviour is affected by filming

Answer: B

Supporting statement:As part of his research, he had already filmed a series of 12-minute interviews with psychiatric patients.

Keywords: research, 12-minute

Keyword Location: Para 2, Line 1

Explanation: The text states that the 12-minute interviews with psychiatric patients mentioned by the writer was a part of Ekman research to describe the origin theories of his research.

29.What is the writer's point in the third paragraph?

A. Micro-expressions are common to all people.

B. Recent research has refuted an old idea.

C. With practice we can learn to control our micro-expression.

D. Human society is too complex to allow for generalisations.

Answer: A

Supporting statement: micro-expressions of powerfully felt emotions will inevitably flit across our face before we get the chance to stop them

Keywords: micro-expressions, face

Keyword Location: Para 3, Lines 6-7

Explanation: The text mentions that micro expressions are common for everyone and we cannot control it when we feel strong emotions.

30. What are we told about Ekman's conclusions from his tests?

A. It's natural for people to lie.

B. Few untrained people can detect lying.

C. Most liars suffer from periods of depression.

D. All of his subjects were trained to identify micro expressions.

Answer: B

Supporting statement:Fortunately for liars, most people will fail to spot these fleeting signals of inner torment of the

Keywords: liars, fleeting signals

Keyword Location: Para 4, Line 1

Explanation: According to the result of Ekman research it was concluded that only 50 out of the 15,000 test subjects could detect a lie without any training.

31.What point does the writer make about Ekman's techniques in the fourth paragraph?

A. They take a decade to teach.

B. They have been in great demand.

C. They have aroused the suspicions of some agencies.

D. They can be used by a limited range of occupations.

Answer: B

Supporting statement:all of them wanting to know exactly when someone is not being 100 percent candid.

Keywords: wanting, 100 percent

Keyword Location: Para 4, Line 8

Explanation: According to the text In addition to helping them solve cases, the FBI and CIA (as well as innumerable other law enforcement and other agencies worldwide) have hired Ekman to teach them how to apply his method. He has conducted training for health professionals, defense and prosecution attorneys, and even envious spouses who are interested in learning how to spot lying.

Questions 32 - 36

Complete the summary using the list of words, A-I.

A new TV series based on Ekman's work features a hero named Lightman, who detects lies. Initially, Ekman was unenthusiastic about the TV project because he feared the possibility of encouraging viewers' 32…………

Answer: C

Supporting statement:the quite inaccurate impression among audiences that criminals could no longer hope to get away with lying.

Keywords: audiences, lying

Keyword Location: Para 5, Line 8

Explanation: The text states that at first Ekman was unsure whether to join the TV project or not as he feared that the audience might get the wrong idea and will be encouraged to believe that criminals could no longer get away with lying.

For example, he was worried that one day the programme could result In 33………….. not being carried out.

Answer: E

Supporting statement: might be sitting on a Jury and wrongly find someone guilty of a crime simply on the basis of a television programme.

Keywords: Jury, guilty

Keyword Location: Para 5, Lines 10-11

Explanation: The text mentions that Ekman was worried that someday a person in the jury might use his techniques to bring a criminal to justice, which could turn badly if the person being judged is wrongly convicted for a crime that they didn't commit.

Ultimately though, he has given the show his blessing because he is not aware of any other comparable programme based on a single person's 34……………

Answer:H

Supporting statement:Ekman is aware, that a commercial TV drama has been based on the work of just one scientist.

Keywords: TV drama, one scientist

Keyword Location: Para 5, Line 13

Explanation: The text states that Ekman made up his mind to show the program only after learning that no other similar program has been made on the basis of a single person’s research.

The 35...........of the show's producer have been another pleasant surprise considering the genre of the programme.

Answer: D

Supporting statement: He was also impressed with the producer's manifestly serious and well-intentioned reasons for making the programme.

Keywords: impressed, producer's

Keyword Location: Para 5, Line 15

Explanation: According to the text, Ekman was also impressed by the producer’s well-intentioned and seriousness for the making of the TV program.

Ekman is happy with the Show's overall 36………..

Answer: F

Supporting statement:he believes probably 80-90 per cent of the show is based on fact and that's good enough for what is.

Keywords: 80-90 per cent, fact

Keyword Location: Para 5, Lines 17-18

Explanation:According to the text Ekman was happy and satisfied that the most part of the show was based on facts and had little to no changes.

A. consequences

B. crimes

C. false beliefs

D. motives

E. justice

F. accuracy

G. acting

H. research

I. ratings

Question 37-40

Do the following statements agree with the claims of the

writer in Reading Passage 3? Write

YES if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer

NO if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer

NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks

37. Ekman regrets the lies he told as a child.

Answer: NOT GIVEN

Explanation: The passage does not contain any information about Ekman regretting the lies he told as a child.

38. People who are good at lying tend to be good at detecting lies.

Answer: NO

Supporting statement:that the ability to detect a lie and the ability to lie successfully are completely unrelated.

Keywords: detect, ability

Keyword Location: Para 6, Line 2

Explanation: According to Ekman research not every person who is good at lying is automatically good at catching someone else who lies both the things are unrelated to each other.

39. Ekman has worked with poker players to help them lie more convincingly.

Answer: NOT GIVEN

Explanation: No information regarding the above asked statement is given in the passage.

40. Ekman is more interested in the types of lies with serious consequences.