Don polygraph examinations depend on the examiner lying to the subject? What if the subject is resistant or skeptical?
During the pre-test portion of the CQT procedure, the examiner will say things to the subject that may of may not be true, with the object of stimulating heightened physiological responses. The effect doesn’t depend on the statements being believed by the subject, but on their focussing his attention, and on their power of suggestion.
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