Paul-- Disclaimer: I know of Ekman's research but I'm not an expert on the expert.
From a psychology standpoint I appreciated the following: 1) a discussion of microexpressions (and a clip I can use in class for illustrative purposes) 2) the official website has links to Ekman's work and he provides an analysis of scenes from the pilot, and you and/or your students can sign up for Ekman's newsletter. And Ekman is the science adviser for the show (go to http://fox.com/blogs/lietome/?src=carousel_on_lietome) so I have hope that the usual Hollywood bias toward too much certainty and not enough uncertainty might be restrained a bit. 3) the first episode provides good fodder for a discussion of ethical issues--and not necessarily only for a psych ethics class. For example, Dr. Lightman (main character) can tell that one of his colleagues is being lied to by her husband. He doesn't tell her...but did he have an ethical responsibility to tell her? There are several other examples from the pilot that would be good ways to start a discussion on the ethics of lying. 4) keeping in mind the disclaimer above, I didn't feel like one gesture or expression was overemphasized in terms of its importance to lie detection. A variety of behaviors was examined and considered. And in the pilot I think one of the characters mentioned something to the effect that "that they can tell /if /a person is lying, but not /why /they are lying." In my view, this is an important distinction to make. Julie Paul C Bernhardt wrote: > > > I've not watched it, because the advertising put me off. Looked like > too much certainty where much uncertainty should be. > > So, if you've watched it, what did you think? Should we be > recommending this show to our students, or be prepared to inoculate > them against it? > > -- > Paul Bernhardt > Frostburg State University > Frostburg, MD, USA > > > > On 1/6/09 7:05 PM, "Frantz, Sue" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > For those who get TV's Fox channel... I've been watching the ads > for the new show "Lie to Me" beginning January 21st and wondering > if it was based on Paul Ekman's work. It is. > http://www.paulekman.com/ > > <please, please, please be a good program> > > -- > Sue Frantz Highline > Community College > Psychology, Coordinator Des Moines, WA > 206.878.3710 x3404 [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/ > <http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/> > -- > APA Division 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology > http://teachpsych.org/ <http://teachpsych.org/> > Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology, Associate Director > Project Syllabus > http://teachpsych.org/otrp/syllabi/syllabi.php > <http://teachpsych.org/otrp/syllabi/syllabi.php> > > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > -- Dr. Julie A. Osland, M.A., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology Wheeling Jesuit University 316 Washington Avenue Wheeling, WV 26003 Office: (304) 243-2329 e-mail: [email protected] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
