Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Polygraph, Human Body, Adrenal Medulla

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

An act intended to foster a false belief in another. Intentional, you are meaning to lie to someone: notion of leakage nonverbal cues that escape attempts to conceal. When you are deceiving, your actual true emotions leak out: when people are lying, they control their face and forget about the body, the face presents a better lie than the body. People"s ability to pick out deception: average close to 55% Some people better: kraut and poe (1980) - customs officials (border inspectors) Leach et al. (2009) - police and customs officers with children: no better success with children liars. Control mechanisms - positive or negative feedback. Overall musculature response toward (positive) or away from (negative) a stimulus. Moths moving toward light - positive phototaxis: ex. Slug - negative geotaxis - go away from gravity: cockroach - negative phototaxis - do not like light. Human body: 37 degrees celsius - maintained using homeostatic mechanisms.