Abstract
Examined 60 lay persons' (aged 18–80 yrs) and 60 police officers' beliefs about deceptive behavior. A 64-item questionnaire, which targeted Ss' beliefs regarding truthful and deceptive behavior, was used. The questionnaire covered 4 categories: facial behaviors, bodily behaviors, speech characteristics, and content of statement. Significant differences between Ss' beliefs regarding deceptive behavior and experimental observations of actual deceptive behavior were found. Police officers held as many false beliefs as did lay people. Ss were more accurate in their beliefs regarding their own deceptive behavior than they were in their beliefs regarding others' behavior. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)
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AKEHURST, L., KÖHNKEN, G., VRIJ, A., & BULL, R. (1996). Lay Persons’ and Police Officers’ Beliefs Regarding Deceptive Behaviour. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 10(6), 461–471. https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1099-0720(199612)10:6<461::aid-acp413>3.3.co;2-u
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