Quote:Additionally, I understand the concepts, but I am confused as to how I should answers to control questions.
You give the "expected" answer, and they expect you to lie.
Remember, what they do is compare your reaction when LYING on a "control", to your reaction if any, when answering a "relevant" question. So if the control question is "Have you ever lied to a person of authority?", and of course almost everyone has, they expect and want you to answer "no". Any reaction will be compared to reactions when you answer the relevant questions (e.g. "Have you used drugs in the past .. years?"). If your reaction to that
relevant question is greater than the control you fail! So you want a bigger reaction to a control question.
Quote:I really just want to be 100% honest with those.
NO! This is what screws people up. If you feel real good about the controls, you're reaction will be small and you will fail! Welcome to the whacky world of poligraphy.
You want to be honest on the RELEVANT questions. Feel good about them and STICK TO YOUR ANSWER! They will try to tell you that the machine is indicating deception on one or more of the relevant questions (which is bullshit). They will recommend you tell them EVERYTHING so nothing is BOTHERING YOU on the relevant questions. They do this simply to EXTRACT INFORMATION. At this point, people start to question their own minds ("Gee, maybe there IS something bothering me that IS making me 'react', but what could it be? OMG!). What they SHOULD be questioning is the machine ("Hey, I understand the relevant question, I answered it truthfully, if it is saying I am being deceptive than the machine, NOT ME, is screwed up!")(Note: This is what should be happening in your MIND. Don't ever tell the examiner his machine is screwed up!)
Read this:
http://antipolygraph.org/documents/dodpi-lepet.pdf In particular, Section 2 "Principles of LE Preemployment Test". Read what they have to say about the concept of "Psychological Set". In short, you want to focus all your concern, fear, trepidations, anal retentiveness on the CONTROL questions, and feel all good, warm and fuzzy about your answers to the RELEVANT questions. Many do just the opposite and FAIL!
TC