Lying is more common than it seems. In aA 2002 study by the University of Massachusetts found that, 60% of adults can’t go ten minutes without lying at least once in a conversation. The people in the study who did lie told an average of about three lies during their chat. When the people re-watched the taped conversations, they saidi they hadn’'t realized how many lies they were really telling. There are many different reasons and ways ftor lyinge, but no matter the reasoning there will be consequences both good orand bad consequences.
From the moment people understand the concept of lying, they start becomutilizing onthe tactic. It all starts out with little white lies like; someone saying they did their homework when they really haven’t is an example. Another wexample is children telling their momther thaskedt them toy cleaned their room aupond threy tquell her sthey did, but all they did was shove their stuff under the bed or in the back of the closet. TheyIndividuals all start willth lies that are easily caught, or a theat lie is so innocent that it can just be ignored.
When people grow older the lies become more complex. For example, when kids become a teenagers some of them start lying about more complex things. They believe that they would get into less trouble if they lie about something than if they just told the truth to begin with so. tThey start lying about things like where they were, who they were hanging out with, what they were doing, and/or why they wercame home late.