PSY344H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Quid Pro Quo, Sleep Deprivation, Electrodermal Activity
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What does a polygraph test measure: what do you know about a polygraph, physiological measures of deception. Phases of polygraph examination: you need to pass the initial phases. Only one polygraph school in canada: so they all do it the same way, in canada, it"s a whole year process. Just an investigative tool; that"s all they are to people. Emograph (thing placed on your finger and shows blood flow throughout body: motion: subject is seated on a motion-sensing pad to ensure that they remain still during the examination and to detect possible countermeasures, motion sensor pad. If you"re moving around, you"re going to see spikes and when you see spikes, that is when you see that there"s a problem. Dr. cialdini book (read it): they psychology of persuasion. Different type of test that i do now: direct lie test so they"ll answer no to something that even you know is true (ex.