How do words come from actions? This is a key element of the success and accuracy of Statement Analysis.
1. The person sees something happen (or is involved).
2. The person then decides what details to edit out. The person cannot say everything that happened, as it would go on forever, and it is impossible. This choice is the "free editing process" that we all do. Each one of us makes a choice of what not to say. Please note that most all deception is via withheld or suppressed information. It is rare to lie outright. When someone does lie outright, it is a signal that something is very wrong with that person.
3. The person next chooses what words to use to describe what happened. These are specific words stored in the memory portion of the brain, from an internal dictionary that is:
The exceptions are pronouns and articles, which are universal and instinctive. These go by far quicker in the brain processing.
4. The person next chooses what syntax to use, that is, how the words are arranged. This includes verb tense, comma (pause), question marks (including verbal), and so on. This is the arrangement of words and phrases to make a coherent sentence. In other words: the speaker desires to be understood. The words are used to communicate meaning, even in deception.
5. The person then chooses what order to speak the words. This is always analyzed and the brain chooses the order of events quickly.
In a verbal statement, this entire process is measured in less than milliseconds. It is what makes Statement Analysis so accurate: the editing process in which the person chooses his or her own words.
Yet, we apply the same principles to the written statement. Here, a statement is posted by Cynthia Whitlach.
What is the setting, or reason for her posting this statement? This is the "accusation" or, the reason the subject has written. The words represent the subject's "reality", but not necessarily reality itself. This is where truth from deception must be discerned.
This is the video that caused Cynthia Whitlatch to post her comment on Facebook.
What do you see in the video?
Next: what do her words reveal about her?
Our words reveal us. We are known by the words we choose, and when done verbally, the entire process is, still to science, immeasurably fast. This is why we listen in Statement Analysis, and train listening skills, rather than interpret.