Without revealing information that would positively identify you to your polygrapher, can you answer:
-Who accused you (employer, or the police)?
-Who's idea was it to take a polygraph?
-Why are you submitting to that process?
You have every reason to be nervous-- in the absence of countermeasures, the polygraph charts are no better than a coin toss in terms of accuracy. That statistic can be easily prejudiced
against you if your polygraph interrogator suspects you.
It is NEVER wise to submit to a polygraph interrogation, regardless of the circumstances. Essentially you're waving your Fifth Amendment rights and agreeing to an open-ended interrogation by The State in which any admissions may be used against you-- and even innocuous statements may be twisted and reshaped to appear damaging. Don't do it my friend!
pappasmurf wrote on Mar 1
st, 2004 at 9:28am:
I was accused of a theft so i am going to take a polygraph test, but im really nervous. I would really appreciate it if someone could give me a few details. I am getting polygraphed by a police man. What for control questions do you think will be asked and what relevent? I also would like to know which method i should use, changing my breathing patterns, doing math in your head, constricting your anal muscle, or biting down on your tongue, which would work best for a situation like this. Also, if they use probable lie controls questions or deceptive and what kind of relevant questions you think they might use in this case. And could someone explain a time when you went through the same thing i am going through. I read "the lie behind the lie detecter". Thanks for any help!