Deception Detection

Question 1

What are the basic tracings seen in a polygraph test?

Answer 1

Thoracic breathing pattern
Abdominal breathing pattern
Galvanic skin response
Cardiosphygmograph tracing

Question 2

What are question during interrogations that are questions without bearing on the case to ascertain the subject’s normal pattern of response?

Answer 2

Irrelevant Qs

Question 3

What are question during interrogations that have questions pertaining to the issue to obtain an accurate result?

Answer 3

Relevant Qs

Question 4

What are questions during interrogations that are unrelated to the matter under investigation but are of similar nature, often answerable by NO?

Answer 4

Control Qs

Question 5

What are the purpose of a post-test interrogation?

Answer 5

To clarify the findings
To learn if there are other reasons for the subejct’s responding to a relevant Q

To obtain addtl information and admission for the law enforcement prupose

Question 6

What are the different supplementary test for interrogation?

Answer 6

Peak of Tension test
Guilt complex test
Silent answer test

Question 7

What type of supplementary test has 7 Qs prepared by examiner to invoke the guilty subject to develop a “peak tension” which will be recorded during tracing?

Answer 7

Peak of tension test

Question 8

What type of supplementary test is used to test the guilty subject’s response are similar in degree and consistency?

Answer 8

Guilt complex test

Question 9

What type of suppementary test has a guilty subject instructred to answer the questions silently, to himself to cause distortion in the tracing such as a sniff or clear of the throat?

Answer 9

Silent answer test

Question 10

What is a test that has a list of stimulus and non-stimulus words read to the subject & they answer these Qs as quickly as possible?

Answer 10

Word association test

Question 11

What test detects, measures, and graphically displays the voice modulation, that we cannot hear?

Answer 11

Psychological stress evaluation test

Question 12

What are the drugs used as truth serum?

Answer 12

Hyoscine hydrobromide
Scopolamine - many side effects

Question 13

What type of method is used to alter consciousness and concentration in order to have the guilty subject confess?

Answer 13

Hypnosis

Question 14

What is the difference between confession and admission?

Answer 14

Confession - statemetn of guilt
Admission - does not directly involve an acknowledgement of guilt of the accused

Question 15

What are the diff types of confession?

Answer 15

Extra-judicial COnfession: Voluntary & Involuntary Extra-judicial confession

Judicial confession

Question 16

What type of confession has a confession by the accused in court?

Answer 16

Judicial confession

Question 17

What type of extra-judicial confession occurs when confession is obtained through force, threat, indimidation, duress or anything influencing the voluntary act of confessor?

Answer 17

Involuntary extra-judicial confession