Question 1

Ben and Vaughn are brothers. Recently, Vaughn was caught lying to their parents. When asked, Ben expressed how surprised he was by saying, "I have been Vaughn's brother for 15 years, so the fact that he actually stole our neighbor's roses shocks me." Why type of familiarity from Interpersonal Deception Theory best explains why Ben was so surprised?

Accepted Answer

A)   Behavioral familiarity
B)   Relational familiarity
C)   Familial familiarity
D)   Expectation familiarity B

Question 2

Demeanor bias is the idea that the meaner than someone acts, the less trustworthy they seem.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

List five moderator variables influencing deception displays:

Accepted Answer

Culture, Sex/gender, age, communication skills/demeanor bias, personality, motivation, incentives/consequences, planning, rehearsal, interactivity, length of observation, deception strategy, suspicion, multiple receivers/audience

Question 4

The idea that lies of motivated deceivers will be more detectable when told in channels that include nonverbal cues than in verbal-only channels is from which argument?

Accepted Answer

A)   Interpersonal deception theory
B)   Motivation impairment effect
C)   Self-presentation theory
D)   Truth-default theory

Question 5

Interpersonal deception theory is unique in that it emphasizes the distinction between strategic and nonstrategic activity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What are the four classes of possible factors in the Four-Factor Theory?

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

Which of the following is not a perspective on deception?

Accepted Answer

A)   Physiognomic perspective
B)   Evolutionary perspective
C)   Psychological perspective
D)   Cognitive load theory

Question 8

Successful deceivers tend to make adjustments over time in the direction of adapting to the receiver's nonverbal behavior compared to less successful deceivers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The leakage hypothesis argues that:

Accepted Answer

A)   When individuals partake in deception, the longer the deceptive behavior lasts the more likely for the truth to "spill out"
B)   The structural aspects of one's face and head can reveal their inner character and motivations
C)   Deception evolved as an effective means of aiding the most successful manipulators to gain goods, resources, and mates
D)   Deception is associated with a host of internal physiological, emotion, and cognitive responses that give rise to external displays

Question 10

The idea that deceptive behavior might be abnormal, "fishy-looking", or atypical behavior is best labeled as:

Accepted Answer

A)   Conspicuousness bias
B)   Abnormality
C)   Violation anomaly
D)   Deceitful deviance

Exam 14: Deceiving and Detecting Deception