Verbal hedging:

a. is a verbal contradiction within the
statement of a victim.
c. results in deception through a slower
speech rate and increased speech
errors.
b. refers to the number of unique words
divided by total words in a statement.
d. is a method used by the interviewee to
avoid answering and to buy time.


d

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