T.M. Cullen wrote on Mar 1
st, 2008 at 7:04pm:
Quote:How do you know that the reason that the person has reacted more strongly to the relevant questions is that the person has answered them untruthfully?
In particular, if they steadfastly maintain their truthfulness, refuse to make an admission, or otherwise cooperate in your attempt to get them to "open up" so you can "help them get that job...".
I'll address both previous questions in one post.
There is a difference between ANS reaction and CNS thought. Why would someone react with ANS activity to any queston if no immediate threat existed? I'm not talking about CNS threats associated with elongated thoughts of; "what if I'm falsely accused of lying, or I won't get the job", etc... That contributes to general (Central) nervous tension, not ANS reactivity.
ANS is immediate and self-preservatory in nature, NOT,"OMG, now what will I do for money" (thought) or "now they're gunna think I did it, I'm going to jail, I can't make money for my kids, what will my mother do or think", etc, thoughts...
Remember, everything in the testing phase is discussed, ad nauseum
prior to the actual examination. And, there are NO surprise questions during the test! Therefore, the simple introduction of the relevant issue, after having reviewed everything prior to the test should not be a threat to anyone if they have no recollection or memory of the issue.
Further, you both are ignoring the major differences between CNS thoughts and ANS reaction; though some here would love to to make the correlation for convenience of explanations sake.
That's the lay-version for the readers. If that fails to address your questions, then I am sorry, I can't make it more simplistic.
"Polyf": If, after an examination they refuse to provide explanatory information and they "steadfastly maintain their (so-called) truthfulness", then guess what? They don't get the job!
On the other hand, and as in many cases with me, after falling victim to false information, trying to hide that which they feel is not important or embarrassing, victimized by dis-information provided by friends or boards like this, they oftentimes do clean up their testing. Then, after being
totally honest, they pass the examination.
Sackett