An Exploration of Multiple Channel Evaluations in Attributions of Deception.
Abstract
People in all walks of life are faced everyday with situations in which they are confronted with deception and are often required to render personal evaluations of a person's veracity. Previous research has attempted to lend some insight into the characteristics of a deceptive communicator. Yet, many questions remain unanswered about the psychological characteristics of persons involved in deceptive communications as well as information on the ability of persons to detect deception. Based on the questions posed in the literature, an experiment was designed to: (a) examine the Machiavellian traits of deceivers and determine if significant differences would be found in the rates at which deceivers, who possessed varying levels of such traits, would be accurately judged in deceptive communications; and (b) determine if previous or immediate training before evaluations would increase detection rates in which observers evaluated multiple channels for clues to deception. Moreover, this included determining the rates at which trained observers (polygraph examiners and journalism students) and untrained observers (non-journalism students) could accurately detect deception.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 24, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA092829
Entities
People
- Charles David Childers