How much do you trust yourself? Do you believe people are fundamentally honest or do you think people are only honest when they think someone else is watching them? There are theories that people feel pressured when someone else is watching to do a good thing, but when no one is watching they don't feel as pressured to do what is usually expected. Many people have observed that people act as deterrents or follow the honor system. Deterrence is a theory based on behavioral psychology about preventing or controlling actions and behaviors through the fear of being punished. (Henry Farrell, 2013). Deterrence is divided into two separate categories. The general deterrence is that the examples are made of deviants. The individual is not the focus of behavioral change, but rather punishment in the eyes of the public to prevent individuals from deviating in the future. Specific deterrence focuses on the individual deviant and attempts to correct his or her behavior. The honor system or honesty system is a philosophical way of various endeavors based on trust, honor and honesty. A person involved in the honor system has a strong idea of ​​breaking it or going against it. Negative aspects include community shame, loss of stature, and loss of personal integrity and pride in extreme situations. They are more likely to do a good thing even when no one is watching or is around to witness their actions. Scientists have conducted experiments to prove different theories about whether people feel more driven to do good when someone is around, if people simply don't. I don't care, or whether they are more likely to do good when they are being watched. One experiment involves leaving an edible object on a table with a donation jar and watching from a distance to see if more people take the cookie without... half a sheet of paper... or learn to lie. The main reason a child lies is to avoid punishment or even to impress friends at school. In the studies children were observed, 4 year olds lied once every two hours, six year olds could only last 90 minutes before making something up. Works Cited http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deterrence http ://www.sentencingproject.org/doc/deterrence%20briefing%20.pdf http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ article-2430530/Helsinki-worlds-honest-city-Lisbon-lost-wallet- test.html - http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24165872 http://www.hlntv.com/article/2013 /07/23/how-honest-are-americans-honesty-index-experiment -honest-teas http://curiosity.discovery.com/question/average-person-tell-lie http://www.discovery.com /tv-shows/curiosity/topics/big-question-confess-or-keep-secret.htmhttp://curiosity.discovery.com/question/average-person-tell-lie