Lying and Deception Exam One. Discovering deceit: Applying laboratory and field research in the search for truthful and deceptive behaviour.In Cooper, B. (Ed.) Applied issues in. Fraud is considered a white collar crime, and typically involves outright deception, breach of trust, and lies. Fraud can be either a misdemeanor or felony. Identify, describe, and explain various manifestations of deceptive behavior in children and adults, including self-deception and the deception of others;. 4. It then looks in more detail at human deceptive behavior in children and adults, including self-deception and the deception of others. They divide deceptions into three categories: cover, lying, and deception. Cover refers to secret keeping and camouflage. Our own bending of the truth (lying) makes it difficult to spot and respond positively to more serious types of lying, such as compulsive lying.