Paco Asks Ricardo If He Had a Good Time at the Beach

question 68

Multiple Choice

Paco asks Ricardo if he had a good time at the beach with him. Ricardo did not. In response, he says, "It was interesting." What type of deception did he use?

• A) An altruistic lie
• B) An evasion*
• C) An omission
• D) A fabrication

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