HowManyLiesDotheChildrenTellYou?Motherswhofeeltheirchildrendon'tappreciatethem
HowManyLiesDotheChildrenTellYou?
x09Motherswhofeeltheirchildrendon'tappreciatethemcanaddanothergrievancetothelist:halfthetime,theirchildrenarelyingtothem．Astudydesignedtoexposethetruthaboutlyingshowsthatundergraduateslietotheirmothersin46%oftheirconversations．Still,mumsshouldfeelbetterthantotalstrangers,whoaretoldliesanastonishing77%ofthetime．
x09BellaDepauloandateamofpsychologistsfromtheUniversityofVirginia,Charlottesville,asked77undergraduatestokeeparecordofalltheirconversationsforaweek,andwritedownwhethertheyliedatanytime．DePaulonamedlyingbroadly,as"whenyouintentionallytrytomisleadsomeone",soshewouldcatchthesmallestoflies．
x09Thestudentstoldanaverageoftwoliesaday．Theysaidtheyhadbeenstudyingwhentheyhadbeenoutdrinking．Onetoldhisparentsthatatextbookcost$50ratherthan$20sothattheywouldsendhimextramoney．Femalestudentsconstantlytoldtheirplain-lookingroommatesthattheywerepretty．"Theyareeverydaylies,"saysDePaulo．
x09DePauloandhercolleaguesconcludethatpeopletendtotellfewerliestothosetheyfeelclosestto．Collegestudentsliedtotheirbestfriends28%ofthetimebutliedtoacquaintances48%ofthetime．Incloserelationships,peopleweremorelikelytotell"kind-hearted"lies,designedtoprotectfeelings,ratherthanself-servinglies．
x09Romanticpartnersliesomewherebetweenclosefriendsandacquaintances．Studentsliedtoromanticpartnersaboutathirdofthetime．DePaulothinksthatunmarriedloverscanexpectlesshonestythanbestfriendsbecauseoftheinsecuritythatcomeswithromance．
x09Motherscantakeheartfromoneotherfinding．Theymayhavebeenliedto,butatleasttheirchildrentalkedtothem．Thestudentswererecordedtellingfewliestotheirfathersbecausetheyhadlittleinteractionwiththem．
x0956．Whatisthemeaningoftheunderlinedword"grievance"inParagraph
x09x09A．Opinionx09B．Beliefx09C．Complaintx09D．Difficulty
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