Psychophysiological Detection of Deception Accuracy Rates Obtained Using the Test for Espionage and Sabotage: A Replication

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Title:	Psychophysiological Detection of Deception Accuracy Rates Obtained Using the Test for Espionage and Sabotage: A Replication
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Introduction: The psychophysiological detection of deception (PDD) is a procedure routinely used by United States Department of Defense (DO), various law enforcement agencies, and officers of the court, to determine an individual's truthfulness concerning topics of interest ( Office of Technology Assessment, 1983; Lykken, 1981). In theory, the examinee's physiologic reactivity varies with the personal relevance of presented stimuli and, more so, w i t h attempts to conceal that relevance from the PDD examiner. In the field, the variability of electrodermal activity (GSR-SCR); respiratory rate, volume, or both; and heart rate and blood volume are typically assessed (visually). Increased reactivity, defined as a change in response level to some stimuli but not others, is assumed to reflect the personal relevance of the stimuli presented for the examinee. The typical PDD examination is designed to elicit physiologic responses f r o m the examinee to specific questions regarding topic(s) of interest. Those physiologic responses are subsequently scored by one or more methods and interpreted as indicating the truthfulness of the examinee's verbal responses to the questions of interest.

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Table of Contents Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Subjects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G Examiners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Apparatus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '/ D e s i g n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Scoring and Decision Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . 10 ~dditional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Risks to Subjects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Data Reduction and Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Departures from the Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Appendix A: Espionage Scenario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Appendix B: Sabotage Scenario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 Appendix C: Unauthorized Contact Scenario . . . . . . . . . 19 Appendix D: Unauthorized Disclosure Scenario . . . . . . . . . 21 Appendix E: Research Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Appendix F: Explanation of Examination . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Appendix G: Research Consent Form . . . . . . . . . . 27 Appendix H: Scenario Consent Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Appendix I: TES Administration Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . 30 Appendix J: PDD Examination Consent Form . . . . .44 Appendix K: Biographical and Medical Questionnaire . . . . . . 45 AppendixL: TES Score Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7 Appendix M: Debrief er Questionnaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Appendix N: Debriefing Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Appendix 0 : Examiner Debriefing Form . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Appendix P: Estimated Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54