Changes

*Lying

*Lying

*Denial

*Denial

*Selective Inattention (or Selective Attention)

*'''Selective Inattention''' (or '''Selective Attention''') [[Disturbed character]]s are good at seeing only what they want to see and hearing only what they want to hear. Stanton Samenow referred to their habit of paying highly selective attention as ''“mental filtering”'' or ''“paying attention only to what suits him.”'' ''“Tuning-out”'' someone who’s trying to make a point, teach a lesson, or call attention to a problem is a principal way that the disordered character resists internalizing the values, standards, and controls society wants him to adopt.<ref>{{cite web |title=Selective Listening and Attention: Hearing What You Want to Hear as a Manipulation Tactic |author=George Simon |publisher=CounsellingResource.com |date=March 30, 2009 |url=http://counsellingresource.com/features/2009/03/30/selective-listening/ |accessdate=17 April 2016}}</ref>

*Rationalization

*Rationalization

*'''Diversion'''. Manipulator not giving a straight answer to a direct question and instead being diversionary, dodging the issue, giving "runaround" and steering the conversation away onto another subject.

*'''Diversion'''. Manipulator not giving a straight answer to a direct question and instead being diversionary, dodging the issue, giving "runaround" and steering the conversation away onto another subject.