PSY328H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Action Action, Prefrontal Cortex, Eye Movement
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2006 charles bond and bella depaulo 384 research studies that tested lie detecting powers of more than 24000 people people can do better than chance in distinguishing truth from lies 54% 2005- saul kassin and his collegues: prison inmates gave true and false videotaped confessions to crimes they did or did not commit, student vs police detectives judged the truthfulness student . 58. 8% accuracy while police detectives: 48. 3% detectives were more confident about the accuracy of their judgments even though they were wrong more often than the students. Problem lies in the training itself trained to read verbal, nonverbal behaviors but behavioral cues interrogators are taught to focus on(crossing legs, shifting and fidgeting, grooming gestures, avoiding eye contact) are flowed indicators of deception. Cues are consistent with but mistaken liar"s stereotype. + police given flawed tool they believe will increase their ability to detect lies. Police can interpret the individual"s behavior as evidence of deception and potential guilt.
