Why Was the Use of Polygraph (Lie Detector Tests) in Employment

question 9

Multiple Choice

Why was the use of polygraph (lie detector tests) in employment severely restricted by federal legislation?

• A)too many people were being identified as false negatives
• B)the base rate of lying in the population is high
• C)too many people were being identified as false positives
• D)it was shown to have adverse impact

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Definitions:

Magno Cells

Ganglion cells that, because of their sensitivity to brightness changes, are particularly suited to perceiving motion and depth.

Primitive Perceptual Feature

Basic elements of perception such as edges, colors, or motions that are detected by the sensory system and integrated into more complex visual representations.

Curvature

The degree to which a curve deviates from being straight or flat, often measured in geometric or physical contexts.

Reversible Figures

Visual or other sensory stimuli that can be perceived in more than one distinct way, illustrating perceptual set and change blindness phenomena.