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Polygraph and CVSA Forums => Polygraph Procedure => Topic started by: memphisbelle on Sep 28, 2009, 01:15 PM

Title: Extent of Honesty
Post by: memphisbelle on Sep 28, 2009, 01:15 PM
Greetings:

Do examiners want to know if you've actually *done* such-and-such a thing, or simply if you'd lie about *not* having done such-and-such a thing?  I left the D.C. military intel community before being hooked up to a machine, but that's what most concerned me.  (Of couse, I guess that's precisely what they want you to wonder.)
Title: Re: Extent of Honesty
Post by: George W. Maschke on Sep 29, 2009, 01:41 AM
In polygraph examinations, relevant questions are generally about specific acts. So-called "control" questions, however, may potentially concern whether a person would lie. See The Lie Behind the Lie Detector (especially Chapter 3) for more about polygraph procedure:

https://antipolygraph.org/lie-behind-the-lie-detector.pdf