COMM 122 WVU Exam 3 correctly
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According to Levine et al. (2014), what are question effects? - correct answer ✔✔the ordering
and/or phrasing of questions leads to the accuracy of lie detection
What were some of the findings relating to question effects? - correct answer ✔✔Asking: "Why
should I believe you?" = did not improve lie detection accuracy (i.e., makes someone who is
being honest nervous)
Switching that last question to: "What would your partner say if I asked them the same
question?" = improved lie detection accuracy (i.e., someone who is being honest = confident,
someone who is lying = uncertain)
Adding the question "If someone did cheat, what should happen to them?" improved lie
detection accuracy (i.e., someone who is lying = offers a more lenient punishment)
What can we take away from the results of the study? - correct answer ✔✔Training can be
effective in terms of teaching people how to ask the right questions in high-stakes deception
detection situations!
Define nonverbal communication? - correct answer ✔✔Sending messages without words; using
gestures and eye contact
Relationship between deception and lies? - correct answer ✔✔A Lie is a specific type of
deception; someone deceives another person by saying something that they know is not true.
Deception is the umbrella that covers lies
Can we accurately tell if someone is lying by nonverbal behavior? - correct answer ✔✔Contrary
to popular belief, research suggests that nonverbal behavior is NOT a reliable indicator of
deception.
, What might then be a better way of telling whether or not someone is lying? - correct answer
✔✔Content: What someone says
Context: The situation in which someone says something
Information > Nonverbal Behaviors
(e.g., follow up questions, fact-checking, asking third parties, etc.)
Conflicting evidence in stories, confessions
What is truth bias? - correct answer ✔✔When you assume when someone is telling the truth
without evidence
Might be functional at times when it can help develop relationships, better than thinking
someone is lying all of the time
How many times do most people lie in a day? - correct answer ✔✔1-2
Are we better at detecting lies in loved ones or strangers? - correct answer ✔✔strangers
Average accuracy in lie detection? - correct answer ✔✔54%
Who lies more? Youth or older population? - correct answer ✔✔Youth
The closer a romance partner is to you the more the lie hurts. - correct answer ✔✔True
The content of a lie does not matter when predicting emotional fallout in romantic
relationships. - correct answer ✔✔False
The discovery of a lie hurts just as much for someone who values honesty as opposed to
someone who does not value honesty. - correct answer ✔✔• False
answered already passed
According to Levine et al. (2014), what are question effects? - correct answer ✔✔the ordering
and/or phrasing of questions leads to the accuracy of lie detection
What were some of the findings relating to question effects? - correct answer ✔✔Asking: "Why
should I believe you?" = did not improve lie detection accuracy (i.e., makes someone who is
being honest nervous)
Switching that last question to: "What would your partner say if I asked them the same
question?" = improved lie detection accuracy (i.e., someone who is being honest = confident,
someone who is lying = uncertain)
Adding the question "If someone did cheat, what should happen to them?" improved lie
detection accuracy (i.e., someone who is lying = offers a more lenient punishment)
What can we take away from the results of the study? - correct answer ✔✔Training can be
effective in terms of teaching people how to ask the right questions in high-stakes deception
detection situations!
Define nonverbal communication? - correct answer ✔✔Sending messages without words; using
gestures and eye contact
Relationship between deception and lies? - correct answer ✔✔A Lie is a specific type of
deception; someone deceives another person by saying something that they know is not true.
Deception is the umbrella that covers lies
Can we accurately tell if someone is lying by nonverbal behavior? - correct answer ✔✔Contrary
to popular belief, research suggests that nonverbal behavior is NOT a reliable indicator of
deception.
, What might then be a better way of telling whether or not someone is lying? - correct answer
✔✔Content: What someone says
Context: The situation in which someone says something
Information > Nonverbal Behaviors
(e.g., follow up questions, fact-checking, asking third parties, etc.)
Conflicting evidence in stories, confessions
What is truth bias? - correct answer ✔✔When you assume when someone is telling the truth
without evidence
Might be functional at times when it can help develop relationships, better than thinking
someone is lying all of the time
How many times do most people lie in a day? - correct answer ✔✔1-2
Are we better at detecting lies in loved ones or strangers? - correct answer ✔✔strangers
Average accuracy in lie detection? - correct answer ✔✔54%
Who lies more? Youth or older population? - correct answer ✔✔Youth
The closer a romance partner is to you the more the lie hurts. - correct answer ✔✔True
The content of a lie does not matter when predicting emotional fallout in romantic
relationships. - correct answer ✔✔False
The discovery of a lie hurts just as much for someone who values honesty as opposed to
someone who does not value honesty. - correct answer ✔✔• False
