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Posted by Marty
 - Aug 22, 2004, 05:11 PM
Quote from: travishatt on Aug 21, 2004, 03:10 AMRegarding the control quesitons, I plan on reacting to only some of the control questions..

(although Doug Williams suggests reacting to EVERY control question on the FIRST round of controls, then reacting to ONE of the controls on the SECOND round of controls, then not reacting at all to the LAST round of controls)

..but please help me get this straight, no matter what type of  control question...Doug Williams says:

IF THE POLYGRAPHER IS USING KNOWN-LIE CONTROL QUESTIONS YOU ONLY REACT TO THE KNOWN-LIE CONTROLS.

So, if he asks:

Can you drive a car?
Do you smoke?
Is today Thursday?
Are you setting down?
Are the lights on in this room?

I should not react when I tell the truth and say Yes to these?
I would suggest not using any information purported to be from "Doug Williams" or anyone else without going to the source.

In any case, These are not Control Questions, Known Lie (usually called directed lie), nor any other kind. They are filler though they may be called control questions as a sort of counter-countermeasure. Actual directed lie control questions are similar to probable lie control questions but preceded by the examiner pointing out that everyone has done this, "lied to spouse" for example, and asks the examinee to imagine the situation where such happened and lie about it during the exam.

Here it is from a master polygrapher himself:

------APA director Dan Sosnowski's candid response -----

"When we ask the money question -- did you steal the $50,000 from the bank? -- we gauge your response to a control lie," Sosnowski said.

Huh? What lie?
 
"Most people think when we ask if your name is Bob or if your age is 35 or if today is Tuesday, that we are asking the control questions. We're not. The control question would be something like, 'Have you ever stolen anything as an adult, or have you, in the last few years, told a lie to stay out of trouble?' "

https://antipolygraph.org/forum/index.php?topic=1922.msg14325#msg14325

-Marty
Posted by travishatt
 - Aug 21, 2004, 03:10 AM
Regarding the control quesitons, I plan on reacting to only some of the control questions..

(although Doug Williams suggests reacting to EVERY control question on the FIRST round of controls, then reacting to ONE of the controls on the SECOND round of controls, then not reacting at all to the LAST round of controls)

..but please help me get this straight, no matter what type of  control question...Doug Williams says:

IF THE POLYGRAPHER IS USING KNOWN-LIE CONTROL QUESTIONS YOU ONLY REACT TO THE KNOWN-LIE CONTROLS.
 
So, if he asks:

Can you drive a car?
Do you smoke?
Is today Thursday?
Are you setting down?
Are the lights on in this room?

I should not react when I tell the truth and say Yes to these?