Based on the Idea That Nonverbal Behaviors May Be More

question 18

Multiple Choice

Based on the idea that nonverbal behaviors may be more honest than words,the Transportation Agency implemented a program in which they deployed hundreds of security agents to

• A)read concealed emotions on faces of passengers at airports.
• B)use nonverbal behaviors to help with interrogation of prisoners.
• C)decode facial expressions of videos produced by Al-Qaeda (a terrorist group).
• D)train officers to have an unreadable "poker face."

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