Deception

the psychology of deception is an interesting study, especially that of self-deception.. deception by general defenition is the act of convincing another to believe information that is not true, or not the whole truth. (brought to you by Wiki).  (personally i believe hiding facts is just as horrible and hurtful as lying). Self-deception  is the process [...]

the art of manipulation

is very widespread, i am inclined to believe its actually instinctive! (long psychobabble post ahead!) if you observe children, you find that they are masters at emotional blackmail, and so are parents when they get older, simply coz they go back to being kids again! younger siblings manipulate their parents to blaming the older kids [...]