The Science of Deception

Zusammenfassung Suitable for scholars and general readers alike! this title brings together the story of deception in American commercial culture with its growing use in the discipline of psychology. It reveals how deception came to be something that psychologists studied and also employed to establish their authority.

Auteur

Michael Pettit is assistant professor of the history and theory of psychology at York University in Toronto.

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Suitable for scholars and general readers alike, this title brings together the story of deception in American commercial culture with its growing use in the discipline of psychology. It reveals how deception came to be something that psychologists studied and also employed to establish their authority.