The Guilty-Knowledge Test Is Similar to a Polygraph Test Except

question 58

Multiple Choice

The guilty-knowledge test is similar to a polygraph test except that the guilty-knowledge test

• A) measures a wider variety of physiological processes, including brain scans.
• B) uses specially worded questions that should make guilty people nervous, but not other people.
• C) asks people to write everything they know, instead of answering true-false questions.
• D) can be administered to a large number of suspects at the same time.

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