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Rick Is a Juror in a Criminal Trial,and His Fellow

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Rick is a juror in a criminal trial,and his fellow juror has just stated to the group that he is 100 percent confident that a suspected accomplice to a murder is lying about his involvement in the crime.Based on research about lie detection,Rick should conclude that


A) the suspect must be lying if the other juror says so because confidence is positively correlated with deception detection accuracy.
B) it is unclear as to whether the suspect is lying or not because there is little correlation between accuracy and confidence,and nonverbal behaviours are not foolproof signs of deception.
C) the suspect is lying not because the other juror said so,but because his eye contact while testifying was "shifty" and he was fidgeting a lot.
D) it is likely the suspect is lying not only because the other juror is confident in this,but because the suspect failed the polygraph or "lie detector" test.

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