When Participants Answering Questions About Their Sexual Behavior Believe That

question 17

Multiple Choice

When participants answering questions about their sexual behavior believe that their responses are monitored by a polygraph,

• A) their responses are contaminated by their nervousness.
• B) the differences in reported sexual behavior between men and women become larger than in other self-report situations.
• C) the differences in reported sexual behavior between men and women disappear.
• D) they are no more likely to tell the truth than during a survey of sexual behavior.

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