The classification of psychological indications of true and untrue reportsin communicative situations

The, classification of the psychological indications of true and untrue rep orts was made for the first time on the basis of the same criteria: 1) fact ual true or lie of statements; 2) the belief of speaker in truthfulness or lying of the statement; 3) the presence or absence of speaker's motive to d elude the listener. The results of psychological researches of nine essenti al categories of the continuum "truth-lie" were analyzed.