... weapons but as defenses. The studies also show that liars are usually substantially more satisfied with the lie than with themselves.(Hample 1980) Hample states that deception is a power balancing-strategy, "a means of social or economic defense in a disadvantage situation"(Hample). His estimations show that people lie twice a day. Hample also says peoples contentions that most lies are responsive rather than ... friend. The new findings concluded Hamples conclusion that the majority of lies were received by superiors and subordinates false. It did prove his theory that deception is fre...

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... damage romantic relationships as well as among close friends and family members. Communication between persons provides one way of seeking, avoiding and interpreting information that is relevant to changing one's level of uncertainty (Planalp & Honeycutt, 1985, p: 597). Uncertainty reduction theory, informs us the process that we go through during our first contact with new people. However, relational dialectics offers several methods ... them give an optimal solution. For instance, denial is dealing with relational dialectics ignoring one dialectic and accepting other one. Baxter found...

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