Deck 9: Detecting Deception

Question 1

Within the lie detection literature the emotional approach (Ekman, 2001) states that lying causes emotions that differ from those experienced while telling the truth.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

In which approach to lie detection are the similarities between liars and truth tellers emphasised, rather than lying and truth-telling being seen as qualitatively different?

A) The emotional approach
B) The cognitive load approach
C) The attempted control approach
D) The self-presentational perspective

Answer 2

The self-presentational perspective

Question 3

In De Paulo and colleagues' meta-analyses of research on cues to deception they found that there are many reliable cues to deception.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The ability of humans to detect deception is not much better than chance.

Question 5

Criteria-Based Content Analysis (CBCA) is a key component of which verbal method of deception detection?

A) Statement validity assessment (SVA)
B) Reality monitoring (RM)
C) Scientific content analysis (SCAN)
D) Voice stress analysis (VSA)

Question 6

Reality monitoring refers to the ability to discriminate between self-experienced and imagined events.

Question 7

The polygraph typically measures three physiological (bodily) reactions in an attempt to identify liars. Two of the three reactions typically measured are galvanic skin response and cardiovascular activity (such as systolic and diastolic blood pressure). What is the third reaction measured?

Question 8

The control question tests (CQT) are based on the notion that a guilty subject will react more strongly to the relevant questions than to the control questions, while the opposite pattern is expected for innocent people.

Question 9

The control questions test (CQT) is one well-known version of the polygraph test. What is the other well-known version?

Question 10

______, such as tongue biting, counting backwards and pressing one's toes to the floor, are any attempt made by an individual to alter their "normal" physiological responses to questions and thereby influence the outcome of a polygraph test.

Question 11

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has indicated that increased activity in which area of the brain is associated with lying?