PSY 342 Quizzes Updated and Verified

PSY 342 Quizzes
Compared to nonexperts, psychophysiology experts' opinions about the reliability and
usefulness of polygraph test results indicate that the polygraph is:
more questionable than useful.
The use of countermeasures _____ the detection of guilty suspects by 50%, and the
examiners _____ able to tell that the suspects were manipulating their own arousal
patterns
reduced; were not
Studies show that those police officers who have passed through interrogation training:
feel more confident in their judgments of lie detection even when wrong
The comparison question technique (CQT) polygraph technique utilizes comparison
questions that are supposed to make a person uncomfortable (so-called known lie
questions). Which question is NOT a good comparison question for CQT purposes?
Have you ever tried a food you did not like?
The ability of humans to maintain relatively harmonious social relationships is facilitated
by our capacity to _____ the truth
bend and reshape
Unlike other polygraph tests, the guilty knowledge test:
reduces polygraph examiners to mere technicians
According to the text, confirmation bias is the tendency to:
seek out evidence that supports preexisting beliefs
The MOST important task of the polygraph examiner is to:
convince the examinee that the polygraph can always detect a lie
According to research completed by Bond and DePaulo (2006), people's ability to
distinguish lies has a _____ above-chance rate of accuracy, and efforts to improve
people's ability to discern lies have _____ very successful
barely; not been
A study by Kassin and his colleagues (2005) found that police detectives were _____
likely than college students to judge false confessions as true, and were _____
confident about their judgments.
more; more