Studies of Observers' Ability to Detect Whether People Are Lying

question 59

Multiple Choice

Studies of observers' ability to detect whether people are lying or telling the truth indicate that the number of observers' correct judgments are ________ than one would predict from chance.

• A) dramatically greater
• B) only slighter greater
• C) somewhat less
• D) dramatically less

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