Quote:"I try asking you. If an applicant fills out ALL relevant information on their application truthfully and fully, and RUTHFULLY answers all relevant questions on the polygraph, is that "cheating"? "
answer Your question seems to say that some of the questions on a lie detector test don't have any bearing on the process. Why ask them if they don't do anything? I thought all the questions were part of the test or relevant and if an examinee answers all questions truthfully to the best of his ability, and follows instructions, and doesn't try to alter the results by countermeasuring, he would not be cheating
If there are "control questions" isn't the applicant expected to "lie" when answering those? But wouldn't that be unethical? Some polygraph operators get angry and irritated when applicants continue to answer control questions truthfully. So you have an applicant, wanting to cooperate in every way, answering ALL questions (relevant, control and filler) TRUTHFULLY, yet not seen as "cooperating" and it just earns them the angst of the examiner. Applicants are often bewildered when this happens. "I'm being truthful, why is this asshole get so angry!"
OTOH, if the applicant is informed about the polygraph, they'd know that what you are actually doing is try to get a lie on a control to gauge whether reactions when answering those are greater or lower than reactions to "relevant" questions. Isn't that right? Consistently greater reactions to relevants versus controls results in a "fail". Right again?
But that is junk science and not a valid measure of truthfulness!
And if an applicant were to come clean and explain that they know all this process, have read the NAS report...etc. and said something like "Hey, Mr. Polygrapher, isn't that a control question? Aren't I expected to lie on that one?" That too would piss off the examiner. Pissing off the examiner for telling the truth about what they know.
What you guys really want is a gullible, naive, uninformed stooge to just "go along" with your little charade. Which is why you hate people coming to this site and learning about the process.
This is another example of the absurdity of comparing the polygraph to a bar exam, FAA licensing...etc. Examiner of those test WANT EXAMINEES TO COME IN INFORMED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE!!
TC