The Main Advantage of the Guilty-Knowledge Test Over the Usual

question 171

Multiple Choice

The main advantage of the guilty-knowledge test over the usual lie-detector test is that the guilty-knowledge test

• A) will succeed even with people who have learned to suppress their physiological responses.
• B) requires little or no advance preparation by investigators.
• C) is very unlikely to indicate that an innocent person is guilty.
• D) does not rely on physiological changes such as heart rate.

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