The Impact of Accusatory, Non-Accusatory, Bait, and False Evidence Questioning on Deception Detection
- Authors
- Levine, T.R.; Shulman, H.C.; Carpenter, C.J.; DeAndrea, D.C.; Blair, J.P.
- Issue Date
- 2013
- Keywords
- Confession; Deception; Interrogation; Lying
- Citation
- Communication Research Reports, v.30, no.2, pp.169 - 174
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- Journal Title
- Communication Research Reports
- Volume
- 30
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 169
- End Page
- 174
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/106036
- DOI
- 10.1080/08824096.2012.762905
- ISSN
- 0882-4096
- Abstract
- This research examines question effects in deception detection. A first set of participants (N = 104) were given the opportunity to cheat to obtain a cash prize, and were then interviewed with accusatory, non-accusatory, bait, or false evidence questioning. A second set of participants (N = 157) watched videotapes of the interviews and made honesty judgments. Finally, interviewee behaviors were coded for demeanor. Overall, accuracy was high (72% overall, 70% excluding confessions, and 62% excluding confessions and adjusting for base rate). The type of question set made little difference in truth bias, accuracy, or demeanor, but false evidence questioning yielded 80% confessions compared to 20% confessions with non-accusatory questioning. No false confessions were obtained. © 2013 Copyright Eastern Communication Association.
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