研究發現 受教育程度越高的人越會說謊大綱

The most educated people are the biggest liars, a study says.

一項研究表明，受教育程度最高的人最會說謊。

It found that the honesty scores of those who did not complete secondary school was nearly twice that of those with postgraduate degrees.

該研究發現，沒完成中學學業的人的誠實分數，是研究生的近兩倍。

One theory is that more educated people may be better able to calculate the risks of being caught out lying.

一種理論認爲，受教育程度越高的人就能更好地計算被人識破說謊的風險。

Middlesex University researchers analysed data on 6,000 people from deception tests used by psychologists.

密德薩斯大學的研究人員對6000人的數據進行了分析，該數據來源於心理學家進行的欺騙測試。

Overall, men told more fibs than women. But while age had no effect, education had a significant impact.

整體上來看，男人比女人說的謊更多。雖然年齡沒有影響，但是說謊卻和受教育程度顯著相關。

Postgraduates had the lowest honesty rating, followed by graduates. Next were people who had vocational training, then those who completed secondary education.

研究生的誠信評級最低，緊隨其後的是學士畢業生。其次是職業學校畢業生和中學畢業生。

The highest honesty rating was scored by those who did not finish school.

誠信評級最高的是那些從沒完成過學業的人。

Notably, education had no effect on telling altruistic 'white lies' that benefit another person at a cost for the liar.

值得注意的是，受教育程度的高低並不會影響人們損己利人講“善意的謊言”。

Dr Valerio Capraro, who led the study, said: 'In order to lie, people must be aware of consequences and that requires some computational abilities, which may be more likely to be found in educated people.'

領導該項研究的瓦萊里奧·卡普拉羅博士表示：“爲了撒謊，人們必須注意到這樣做的後果，那需要一定的計算能力。而受教育程度高的人更可能具備這種能力。”