Regarding polygraph testing, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. An innocent person may respond emotionally to the whole procedure.
b. To minimize the effects of anxiety caused by the questioning process, skilled polygraph examiners use the guilty knowledge test.
c. A guilty person is supposed to have an elevated response to the correct answer in the multiple choice series used during polygraph testing, while an innocent person responds the same to all four responses.
d. The galvanic skin response component of polygraph testing measures the rise in body temperature when a person is lying.
D
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A. hypothalamus; pituitary gland B. pituitary gland; hypothalamus C. testes; hypothalamus D. testes; pituitary gland
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a. adult stressors b. pubertal stage c. cognitive developmental stage d. the development of internalized speech
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a. biased b. confounded c. operational d. hypothetical