PSY344H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4 and 9 : Sphygmomanometer, Provincial Superior, Lie Detection
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In canada, polygraph training is provided by the canadian police. College polygraph course is restricted to police officers college offers a 12-week intensive course that covers the various techniques, interviewing practices, and scoring. Police may ask suspect to take a polygraph test as a means to. In canada the police often use them to help in their criminal investigations resolve the case: if suspect fails the polygraph test, that person may be pressured to confess, thereby giving the police incriminating evidence. The polygraph has been used in the states to assess and monitor. Polygraph disclosure tests = polygraph tests that are used to. Polygraph tests have been used to determine whether the. Polygraph tests rely on measuring physiological responses to different types of questions. Some questions are designed to elicit a larger physiological response in guilty individuals than in those who are innocent: 2 main types of polygraph tests:
