Cabaliero wrote on Apr 16
th, 2008 at 6:41am:
1. A personal test is rather similar with all test descibed in the book? I mean with control question and so on.
The Control Question Test is the most commonly-used polygraph technique, although some polygraph operators use the relevant/irrelevant technique.
Quote:2. I've seen on some reality show that one poligrapher, when testing the competitors, gave immediately answer about pass/fail. For all I read, this is not possbile because the reaction needed to be compared. It was a test of only 3 questions anyway and one was irelevant. Is this possible?
"Reality" TV shows are frequently scripted and staged. A polygrapher using standard techniques cannot call out the result of each question as it is asked (as
Nick Savastano did in his recent polygraph "test" of Perez Hilton).
Quote:3. Can my wife ask the questions? It will obviously induce an additional stress.
Again, while you may see such things done for show business, it's standard practice for the polygraph operator to read the questions.
Quote:4. Being a personal test, I can say the truth for all control questions, because nobody except my wife and eventually the polygrapher can judge me for that. Shall I lie?
One should give the
expected answer to control questions, whether or not it's true. For example, if the probable-lie control question, "Have you ever had sexual thoughts about a woman other than your spouse?" is asked, the expected answer is "no," and that's the answer one should give.
Quote:Fact is that I love my wife and my daughter, and my wife is pregnant with the second child. I love her and want to raise my children together. I cannot afford to fail the test, even I don't see any reason for that.
Even the use of countermeasures provides no guarantee of passing this invalid test. I think your best option is to refuse the lie detector and to share with your wife the information about polygraphy that you've found here. The "test" is a pseudoscientific fraud and simply not to be relied upon for any purpose.