JOURNAL #13

Journal 12

Lying. (2008). In W. A. Darity, Jr. (Ed.)International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, (Vol. 4). (2^nd ed., pp. 523-525) Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA Retrieved October 22, 2010, from Gale Virtual Reference Library via Gale: http://go.galegroup.com.lib-proxy.fullerton.edu/ps/start.do?p=GVRL&u=csuf_main

The article give me some general information about how to detect lies. John Marshon, Harvard doctoral student based on changes in blood pressure to consider if people tell truth or lies. This method is better than chances to guess, but it's imperfect. After that Hagh Hartshorme and Mark May give a new method to detect lies. It's measuring character including demography of deciet, deceptive behaviors, and veracity.
Although the article don't give me enough information for my topic, it provides general information and makes me know more about some methods can be used to know if people are lying or not, especially basing on behaviors of liars.

CMT: Jalal & Khalid

Journal #11: How to Detect Lies

When I started to choose a topic for my research in composition class, there were a lot of ideas in my mind. At first I thought that my topic was marijuana, but then I have a good idea and I'm really interested. That is "Lies". All of us lie almost everyday in our life. Sometimes it's not a big deal, but sometimes it causes troubles in our life. Although, sometimes I lie, I don't wanna be a victim of lies. That's why I want to do research about "How to know if someone is lying?"
When I search information about my topic, there are a lot of interesting ideas. But I don't know where I should begin writing. It's really hard for me to organize the topic. So, if you have any idea about my topic, please let me know your ideas. Thank you so much.

Cmt: Angela, Tree

Journal 10: Advice

Actually, there is just a few advice I have got in my life up to now simply because I have rarely asked others to give me some advices. I often think and decide by myself, but the best advice I was given is choosing a university from my mother. My mom is a wise person. She got a good education, and she has a good job with high position. That's why I believe in her to choose a university I should go to. In my country, after students finish high school, they have to take a special exam to go to the university. It's really hard to go to a good university because it requires a high score. My mom chose the banking university that is one of the most famous schools in my country. Actually at first I didn't choose it because it's really hard to get it, but my mom convinced me that it's a good school and majors in this school were popular now, so it's easy for me to get a good job in the future. Then I thought she was totally right, so I chose it. And I got it. That's really a wise advice.

Cmt: Jessie, Ali