What are some considerations to avoid the danger in disbelieving the truth?

What will be an ideal response?


Remember that the absence of a sign of deceit is not evidence of truth. Comparisons must be made between the suspect’s usual behavior and that when under suspicion. Consider the possibility that a sign of emotion is not a clue to deceit but a clue to how a truthful person feels about being suspected of lying. Discount the sign of an emotion as a clue to deceit if the suspect’s personality makes the suspect likely to have such a feeling even if he or she were being truthful. Realize that the polygraph only measures the arousal of emotion, not which emotion is felt. Studies indicate that it is better than chance that a person feeling strong emotion at being suspected may fail the polygraph although he or she is being truthful.

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