NCJ Number
178227
Journal
Polygraph Volume: 28 Issue: 2 Dated: 1999 Pages: 124-141
Date Published
1999
Length
18 pages
Annotation
A recently published analysis of the psychodynamics of the directed-lie control question (DLCQ) included a table listing nine possible potential response elements that could be activated by the innocent or the guilty examinee or both when presented with a DLCQ in a control question test.
Abstract
It was hypothesized some of the nine elements had the potential of eliciting a response from a guilty examinee presented with a DLCQ during a control question test. A study was conducted to determine the validity of this hypothesis by simulating a psychophysiological veracity examination in which 117 guilty participants were queried about the focus and strength of their psychological set in each of the nine potential response elements to either the DLCQ or its neighboring relevant question. The study further evaluated the psychological effect of discussing the DLCQ with the guilty examinee between the conduct of tests and repetitions. Results validated the focus of the guilty examinee's psychological set and potential response to the nine elements, five of which elicited an affirmative response from the guilty examinee that were capable of producing false negative test results. The study also confirmed discussion of the DLCQ between tests increased the guilty examinee's apprehension regarding the DLCQ, thus reorienting the guilty examinee's psychological set from the relevant question to the DLCQ and creating a formula for false negative results. Questions used in the study are listed. 47 references and 4 tables