Quote:Polycop,
Although you are correct in stating that countermeasures involve (either through physical or mental means) producing chart responses to control questions and you have correctly identified a control question (Have you ever lied to someone you love?), you have confused how the qualification prefix is used in administering the exam. Using your example, If in the pretest phase of the examination (before the test and before any polygraph components are attached to you), if you were to indicate to your examiner in response to the question “Have you ever lied to someone you love?” that no you had never lied under such a circumstance, he/she (the polygraph examiner) would say something like “That’s great…we all know how important it is to tell the truth to those we love…” and then (assuming you had not said anything to require modifying/limiting other control questions) go ahead and prepare to administer the test.
Had you stated (as you suggest) that yes, you had lied to your mother on such and such an occasion, he/she (the polygraph examiner) would say something like “Well, that’s understandable…we’ve all lied about small things in our life, but you’ve never really lied about anything really important have you? We all know how important it is too tell the truth and again… you wouldn’t really lie about anything important would you?” At this point he is trying to get you to limit the admissions that you make (you have already admitted to one area that you might be concerned with) and to say that “No, that is all that I can remember…I do really try to be honest with people and especially with those I love…yada yada” Assuming that you say something to that effect, he will then say “How would you answer…’Other than what you told me, have you ever lied to someone you love?’”
Assuming you do not then recall another incident (now that you understand the nonsense that goes on here, there is really no reason to offer whether you do or not), that you answer “No” to his last qualified question, then he will go on with administering the test. If you were to admit to another such failing, this pre-test cycle would repeat with him further highlighting the importance of honesty and trying to get you to limit your admissions with further “Other than what you have already told me….” type questions. It is important that you understand that in the case of the control question you mention, that all of the above occurs before the exam (in-test phase with polygraph charts rolling so to speak) is administered. It is not until you finish with ALL of your admissions of control question infraction and will tell him that you are being honest in answering “No” to his rephrased question of “Other than what you have told me, have you ever lied to someone that you love?” that the in-test phase (the actual administration of the polygraph examination with sensors attached and data being recorded) will take place. When you have ended your admissions to this and any other control questions within a given test, then the “test” will begin.
Okay Drew, now that I have read the above, I am the one who is confused....
and I ADMINISTER polygraph examinations...!
Close your eyes, take a deep breath, and read the instructions above. Haven't you figured it out yet? All these convoluted, contradicting, complex orders that people like you, George, and others provide are WAY beyond the grasp of a whole lot of people out there... ??? You are giving folks WAY to much to try to do and are trying to explain at nausium a concept they don't quite get (and most never will).
As a result the polygraph community is seeing with increasing frequency larger and larger numbers of confused, self occupied, worried people who are half assed trying things they don't really understand, and contrary to the stuff put out on this site, are usually caught.
Truly, you people are not doing anybody any favors, but keep doing it. The entertainment value alone makes it all worth while...
PolyCop
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