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History of the Polygraph Flashcards

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How do dishonest people reveal their deceit?

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By their actions; both verbal and non-verbal.

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What is Erasistratus famous for (304-250 BC)?

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Discovered puls of the king’s son rise when the king’s new wife was around.

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What are three main points that describe the “Method of the Ordeal (1500 AD)?

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  1. Truth could only be determined by a higher power.
  2. Truth was verified by survival and quickness of healing.
  3. Dying without a confession proved innocence.
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What is “Trial by Combat Ordeal?”

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God’s will shall determine who is innocent; David vs. Goliath.

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Trial by Torture Ordeal

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God will not let an innocent man confess (Spanish Inquisition).

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Red Hot Iron Ordeal

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Bengal Tribes of India placed hot iron on tongue 9 times. Liars would have a dry tongue and would be burned.

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The Ordeal of the Balance

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India 600 BC- Person weighed, interrogated and then weighed again. Increase in weight means your lies are weighing you down.

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Boiling Water Ordeal

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Africa- hand placed inboiling water. Burns = Lies.

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Red Water Ordeal

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Africa- Fed rice than drank 1 gallon red water. Throwing up = innocence.

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Donkey in Tent

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Middle East- Allah would silence the donkey. Tail coated in black pitch.

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Ordeal of rice chewing

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India- Guilty can’t swallow rice due to dry mouth.

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The Ordeal of Barley Bread

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Europe 1150 AD- Reserved for clergy

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What is Boccacio known for?

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Wrote about Erasistratus.

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When did Boccacio live?

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1313 to 1375 AD.

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What is Galileo known for?

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Invented the Pulsilogium.

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Who invented the “Pulsilogium” and in what year?

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Galileo, 1581 AD.

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What is Lancisi known for?

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He was a cardiologist that discovered mental state causes effects to te heart.

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In what year was the association between emotions and heart rate rate discovered? By whom?

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1728; Lancisi

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What is Daneil Defoe known for (1730)?

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Discovered that guilt always carries fear with it. Pulse was effective way of catching a criminal.

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What is Stephen Hales known for?

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First to measure blood pressure and pioneer of the sphygmomanometer (killed horses during experiments).

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What is Luigi Galvani known for?

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GSR- Galvonic Skin Reflex. Electriciy and frogs.

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In what year did Luigi Galvani make the discovery of GSR? What is GSR.

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  1. The Galvonic Skin Reflex (resistance to electrical current).
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Besides GSR, what else is Galvani credited with?

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Established the basis of Neurology and Nuerophsyiology.

24
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What is Dr Charles Cady known for?

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Chloroform caused confederate soldiers to give up info.

25
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What year and during what event did Dr Charles Cady make his discovery?

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1862, Civil War.

26
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what is Sir Francis Dalton known for (1879)?

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Developed a Word Association Psychological Test; gulity would have suffer inner conflict and give physical and verbal clues of guilt.

First to use IRRELEVANT words.

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What is Ceasre Lombroso known for (1895)?

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First person to use instrument to determine deception.
First person to experiment on real criminal.
Thought physical attributes would should criminality.

Authored a book on the Spygmograph and the Plethysmogrgraoph.

Invented Hydrospygmograph: Water filled drum that record pulse and blood volume which recorded onto a smoked drum.

28
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What is Angelo Mosso known for (1895)?

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Studied lady with a hole in her skull- saw that rush of blood was induced by fear.

Experiments centered on fear’s affect on heart and respiration.

Developed Sphygmomanometer and scientific cradle (balanced table that relied on a rush of blood to the head).

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What is A. Sticker known for (1897)?

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Associated GSR with lie detection.

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What is Max Wertheimer known for (1904)?

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Used word association together with a physiological recording device.

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What is S. Veraguth known for (1907)?

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Used word association with a galvometer.

Coined the term Psychogalvanic Reflex (later changed to EDR)

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What is Dr. Hugo Munsterberg known for (1908)?

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Studied reaction of innocents (nervousness).

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What is Vittorio Benussi known for (1914)?

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Studied Inhalation / Exhalation Ratios.

Used Pnuemograph.

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What is Dr William Marston known for (1917)?

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Discontinuous bood technique.

Lost case in Frye vs. US where he was the “Lie Detector” examiner (not polygraph).

Developed an R/I test and Gulity Knowledge test.

Wonder woman

35
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What is Harold Burtt known for (1918)?

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Harvard Professor who validated Benussi’s I/E ratio, but preffered blood pressure.

Validated Marston’s tests.

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What is Dr. Ludwig Binswanger known for (1919)?

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Outside Issues- Response may not be to specific crime but to other similar crime.

37
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Dr John Larson (1921)?

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Developed first Polygraph that measured cardio and pnuemo.

Student of Marston.

38
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Leonarde Keeler (1925)?

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Father of Modern Day Polygraph

Developed Kymograph (constant speed paper)

Added GSR 1n 1938

Developed Peak of Tension (POT) and Searching POT tests

Started first polygraph school

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Father Walter G. Summers (1932)?

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First to use Control Questions

Experimented with GSR

40
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Captain Clarence E. Lee, Berkely PD (1938)?

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Developed Berkley Polygraph Instrument

Developed control test to measure subject’s response capability.

41
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Ray Birdwhistell (1952)?

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Developed Kinesics (study of body movements, no universal tells)

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John E Reid (1953)

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Developed countermeasure device.

Comparison question technique.

Reid Technique

43
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Cleve Backster (1961)

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Zone Comparison Test

CIA Polygraph Program

Sacrifice Relevant Question

Time Bars

Standardized Quantification System- others could score chart

7 position scale: -3 thru 0 thru +3

Symptomatic Questions (absorb stress about outside issue).

Phsycological set- Fear of relevant questions that hold the biggest threat if detected.

Spot Analysis- Can’t compare questions out of sequence.

Outside Super Dampening (no response to relevant/irrelevant)

Anti-Climax Dampening - Focus on one question (may not respond to murder question but might respond to gun question if they think the gun might be discrovered).

44
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Yes-No Technique (1965)

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Answer all questions in both yes and no.

Used by Morton Sinks.

45
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Richard O. Arther (1966)?

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Used Clinical Approach- Analyzed body movement, voice etc, instead of trusting only his charts.

Developed Arther II, which placed stimulus mark at the beggining and end of each question.

46
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Edward T. Hall (1966)

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Introduced Proxamics- Intimate, Personal, Social and Public distances.

47
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Dr William Yankee (1968)

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First to computerize the polygraph.

First director of DoDPI.

48
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Paul Ekman (1972)

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Studied facial expressions which he used to detect deception.

49
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Voice Stress Analysis (1973)

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1996 DoDPI stated not accurate

50
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Dr James Allen Matte (1974)

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Quadrazone (4 relevant question test)

Tested the deaf

51
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David Raskin (1983-1987)

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Directed Lie Technique

52
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DoDPI (1986)

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Federal Govt Polygraph research and training.

53
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Employee Polygraph Protection Act (1988)

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No pre-employment poly in private sector.

Polygraphs allowed to resolve specific losses and injuries.

54
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Polyscore (1989)

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First Automated Polygraph Scoring System

Developed at John Hopkins

55
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Frye v United States (1923)

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Arrested for murder. Confesses than recants.

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