[PSYC 2400] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 25 pages long Study Guide!
6 Feb 2017
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Ekman (2001) key researcher in this area. Instances when a person intends to mislead another person deliberately without being explicitly asked to do so by the target. Deception is very common in a criminal justice context even with the consequences involved. Married couples lied in 1 out of 10 interactions with their partners. On average people lied to 34% of the people with whom they interacted in a typical week. Teachers are one of the few people who seem to be able to detect deception. Appropriate attention must be given to relevant cues paying attention to cues predictive of deception. Relevant cues must be interpreted as a sign of deceit; you have to interpret them appropriately. A polygraph is a device for recording an individual"s autonomic nervous system responses. They are often used by police officers in their criminal investigations. Specialized software that picks up breathing, heart rate, blood pressure and sweating.
