To Stop Lie-Detection for Written Communications We Can Look in E-Mail

question 63

True/False

To stop lie-detection for written communications we can look in e-mail messages as liars omit personal pronouns, use noncommittal expressions, change tenses, skip topics, provide too much detail, or add qualifying statements.

---

Definitions:

Negative Reinforcement

A process in operant conditioning where a response is strengthened by stopping, removing, or avoiding a negative outcome or aversive stimulus.

Classical Conditioning

A continual pairing of two stimuli in a learning scenario leads to a response that while at first produced by the second stimulus, is later produced by the first stimulus alone.

Self-Modification

The ability or process of changing oneself or one's behavior through personal effort or intervention.

Positive Reinforcer

A stimulus that, when presented after a behavior, increases the likelihood of that behavior occurring again in the future.