And that of those who lied, many were surprised about how often they lied. I would not be surprised if this is true for many people (they lie at least once every ten minutes and would be surprised at how often they lie)
When I specifically started paying attention to little white lies (in particular, I found that I often reflexively exaggerated to make myself look good or prevent myself from looking bad) I found that I did it WAY more often than I thought. Once I got to a point where I could notice in the moment, I was able to begin correcting, but the first step was just noticing how often it occurred.
This study found that 60% of students at UMASS lied at least once in a 10 minute conversation: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-06/uoma-urf061002.php
And that of those who lied, many were surprised about how often they lied. I would not be surprised if this is true for many people (they lie at least once every ten minutes and would be surprised at how often they lie)
When I specifically started paying attention to little white lies (in particular, I found that I often reflexively exaggerated to make myself look good or prevent myself from looking bad) I found that I did it WAY more often than I thought. Once I got to a point where I could notice in the moment, I was able to begin correcting, but the first step was just noticing how often it occurred.
That link doesn’t have enough information to find the study, which is likely to contain important methodological caveats.
Here’s the study: https://sci-hub.tw/10.1207/S15324834BASP2402_8
I think the methodology is fairly OK for this sort of high level analysis, except of course for it being all university students from UMASS.